In what was a horrid accident, a 56-year-old Maui surfer called Robin Warren was bitten by a shark in Honolua Bay and died of his injuries the next day, reported Hawaii News Now. The incident which happened 10 days ago left the community shock and aghast.

Now, in an attempt to bring some peace to the matter, researchers have used DNA from the shark's mucus to identify what type of shark it was and how large it was. The mucus was left behind on the surfer's board.

“I feel like when you lose somebody like that, you generally want to know as much information about the situation as you can,” Derek Kraft, of the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, told Hawaii News Now. “So, this at least lets us give them the fullest picture to our ability.”