Emergency services and family and friends of a Far North teenager wait at the Sugar Wharf in Port Douglas after the boy was attacked and killed by a shark at Rudder Reef. Source: Supplied

The 17-year-old was at Rudder Reef when the attack occurred.

A Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman told Cairns Post they were called at 11.32am this morning with reports a 17-year-old man had suffered an upper thigh injury as a result of a shark bite

She said he was given CPR on the boat which was carrying a defribulator, but he could not be revived.

The boy, believed to be a Far North local, was pronounced dead when the boat arrived back at the Sugar Wharf in Port Douglas around 2pm.

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Emergency services and family and friends of a Far North teenager wait at the Sugar Wharf in Port Douglas after the boy was attacked and killed by a shark at Rudder Reef. Source: Supplied