Results of the 2016 SACGB Shark Festival

2016 Festival of the Shark Angling Club of Great Britain ( SACGB)

Location: Looe, Cornwall, UK
Date: 06.-08. July 2016

Number of competitors: 33
Number of sharks caught: 68 (including foul hooked sharks), and 62 of these sharks were caught, measured and released.

In 1999, the club began promoting ‘catch and release’ and the committee agreed to assess each trophy claim on the basis of ‘points’.
The total points for a shark is calculated by adding the length and the girth together.
The minimum total points of any shark to be entered for one of the club’s trophies must be 110 points.

Daily Pool Winners:

1st Day:
Species: Blue shark (Prionace glauca)
Length: 89 inches
Girth: 31 inches
Angler: Robert White
Points: 120

2nd Day:
Species: Blue shark (Prionace glauca)
Length: 88 inches
Girth: 31 inches
Angler: John Shaw
Points: 119

3rd Day:
Species: Blue shark (Prionace glauca)
Length: 91 inches
Girth: 29 inches
Angler: Billy Whistance
Points: 120

Most Sharks:
Angler: Richard Day
No. of sharks: 7

Skipper Prizes – Largest Shark:
Skipper: shared between Murray Collings (Swallow) and Steve Brenchley (Meercat).

Skipper Prizes – Most Shark:
Skipper: Murray Collings (Swallow)
No. of sharks: 15

NOTE:

The Shark Angling Club of Great Britain promotes catch-and-release fishing since the year 1999.

Please see the diagram below for the total numbers of the sharks caught and released each year.

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