Salmon Shark washes up on beach in Canada
Helmut Nickel, Shark Year Magazine,01. December 2011
Date: 23. November 2011.
Location: Port Hardy, British Colombia, Canada.
Species: Salmon shark ( Lamna ditropis ).
Size: 150 cm in length ( fork length FL ).
The dead shark was found washed up on a beach in Carrot Park.
The salmon shark had various external injuries and it is believed that
it may have been caught in a fishing net.
Local Department of Fisheries and Oceans staff took the chance to examine
the specimen and to conduct a full necropsy.
You can read more details and see additional photos at the very informative
blog The Marine Detective (here).
Source: The Marine Detective. Photo Credit: Mandy Norrish
