Sixgill Shark caught in Albania

Helmut Nickel, Shark Year Magazine,
11. October 2011

Date: 07. October 2011.

Location: Saranda District, Albania.

Species: Bluntnose sixgill shark ( Hexanchus griseus ).

Size: reported to be 5 metres in length, 400 kg in weight.

The fisherman netted the shark about 100 metres from shore
at a place locally known as ‘Grami’ in the bay of ‘Borsh’.

Source and Photo Credit: albanews.gr

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