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Farid Farid

Master of the waves: family mourns shark attack victim

The family of shark attack victim Mercury Psillakis have paid tribute to the "devoted family man". (HANDOUT/NSW POLICE)

The wife and daughter of an avid surfer killed by a great white shark say he fell victim to a "tragic and unavoidable accident", as a shark net removal trial is scrapped.

Mercury Psillakis, 57, had been alerting other surfers to the large shark before he was mauled at Long Reef Beach in northern Sydney on Saturday.

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