Basking Shark caught in Portugal
Helmut Nickel, Shark Year Magazine,25. December 2011
Date: 22. December 2011.
Location: Cascais, Portugal.
Species: Basking shark ( Cetorhinus maximus ).
Size: reported to be 3 metres in length.
The specimen was found already dead in a fishing net off the Estoril coast.
The accidental capture took place near Cascais, a seaside town about 30 km
west of Portugal’s capital city Lisbon.
Source: iOnline.
Photo Credit: Surftotal.
Does anyone know how many miles offshore was the shark caught?
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