Taiwan: Fishermen catch a third Great white shark off East Coast

Helmut Nickel, Shark Year Magazine,
14. November 2012

Date: 14. November 2012

Location: Taitung County, Taiwan.

Species: Great white shark ( Carcharodon carcharias ).

Size: said to be 4,5 metres in length, 1.600 kg in weight (other source: over 900 kg).

According to Taiwanese media reports, fishermen have caught another great white shark off the island’s east coast. The specimen marks the third capture of an adult white shark in Taiwan since late October.

Shark Year Magazine has already reported on the other two large great whites, which had been caught previously on October 27th (see here) and November 2nd (see here) .

The latest (third) specimen got caught accidentally in a fishing net about 4 km off the coast of Changbin Township early this morning (Nov 14th ). But according to another source, the capture occurred only 300 metres from the coastline.

It is reported that the white shark was a pregnant female, carrying six pups. The shark was sold for NT$185,000 (US$6,374.5) at a local fish market.

Chuang Shou-cheng (an associate professor of the Department of Environmental Biology and Fisheries Science at National Taiwan Ocean University) said to the local media that the presence of a great white shark in the waters off Taiwan is an indication that the marine ecology in the area has improved. He also said that Taiwan’s white shark population has dropped in the last few decades as a result of marine pollution.

Please see  the related news-video, embedded below.

Source and Photo: Apple Daily and Focus Taiwan.

 

 

 

11 Comments

  1. Jamie Richman

    Evil little bastards; only thing that part of the world knows is cruelty to animals and killing baby girls… horrible fuckin race. They’re responsible for so much cruel shit it’s unreal – bastards.

    • Peter Gillard

      Jamie, if you had been there and lived there you would have a little more knowledge.

      • Rick Stenson

        I agree with Jaime. They don’t follow any rules and only care about making money. 
        How bout we cut 3 fingers off each hand and watch them try to use chopsticks. It’s what they’re doing to sharks. I don’t trust any culture that’s average height is 5’3″. Fuckers. You can call me ignorant all you want. It’s cruelty to animals, and I’m a sports fisherman too.  

      • hyatt

        I hate people that think they are the supreme race to help boost their fragile little egos. Who are ‘they’ anyway? Taiwanese, Japanese, Chinese? If you wasnt such an ignorant prick you would realise how different they are. Just because they have similarities in their features does not mean they are the same. Are all white skinned nationalities culturally the same??

    • Sugeng

      Dear jamie,
      That part of the world that eat sharks include England n Australia where they make them into fish n chips. Also, Spain sold a lot of sharks in their fish markets.

  2. Taiwanese Guy

    Rick, what I can see in ur post is u r a pure racist, that’s it. I live in Taiwan, and yes our men’s average dick length is 5’3″. And yes we are the fuckers, while u are the fucked. We welcome u to come to Taiwan and try our 5′ 3 penis. They are as yummy as sharkfin soup…oh I forget you don’t like it.

  3. why cant those stupid idiots leave the shark in its home

    and the stupid idiots sold the innocent shark to a retarded fish market.
    im a shark lover and i think that killing and finning sharks is sooooo unaceptable anc cruel!

    IDIOTS!!!!!!!

  4. why cant those stupid idiots leave the shark in its home

    and the stupid idiots sold the innocent shark to a retarded fish market.
    im a shark lover and i think that killing and finning sharks is sooooo unaceptable anc cruel!

  5. wyatt

    They saved another surfer by catching & eating this beast! 

  6. Katherine Spencer

    That is awful.

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