Three Recent Shark Records from the Eastern Mediterranean Sea
Helmut Nickel, Shark Year Magazine,23. February 2012
Specimen No. 1 :
Date: reported on 23. February 2012.
Location: Israel.
Species: Shortfin mako shark ( Isurus oxyrinchus ).
Size: said to be ca. 3 metres in length.
The specimen got entangled in a fishing net off the coast of Acre in northern Israel.
Update (March 12th) : Video
Source and Photo Credit: Sonara
Specimen No. 2 :
Date: 17. February 2012.
Location: Canakkale Strait, Turkey.
Species: Bluntnose sixgill shark ( Hexanchus griseus ).
Size: said to be 4 metres in length and 520 kg in weight.
The specimen was caught by anchovy fishermen in the waters of the Dardanelles
and brought to a fishmonger in Bursa.
Source and Photo Credit: Canakkale Icinde.
Specimen No. 3 :
Date: reported on 12. January 2012.
Location: Şarköy, Tekirdağ Province, Turkey.
Species: Bluntnose sixgill shark ( Hexanchus griseus ).
Size: said to be 327 cm in length and 291 kg in weight.
Source and Photo Credit: Aktif Haber.
Pricks
Thats just sick. how can people stand living with themselves knowing that they are slowly killing the things that the love to catch!! have A heart and let them go. takes a picture it lasts longer. if you dont stop catching and killing, eventually there will none to catch