© PerthNow/Channel 9Tragic: Father of two Nicholas Edwards was fatally attacked by a shark in Gracetown on Tuesday morning.
The family of the man fatally mauled by a shark have spoken for the first time.Nicholas Edwards, 31, bled to death after being attacked at South Point at Gracetown, just north of Margaret River at 8.15am.
His wife Melissa tonight asked for privacy as the family, including the couple's children aged seven and two, struggled to come to terms with the tragedy.
Speaking from the couple's Broadwater home near Busselton, Mrs Edwards' mother Helen said news of the attack had devastated the family.
"It's a very hard time, it's the day we lost Nick," she said.
"We're just trying to deal with it, and come to terms with it.
"We'd like to ask for privacy to grieve."