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Angler snares huge shark. credit: Dampier Fishing Classic
DAMPIER, Western Australia -- An angler has caught what is believed to be the biggest Tiger Shark ever captured in Western Australian waters.
The 3.6 metre shark weighed nearly 285 kilograms.
It was caught on a 10 kilogram line during the Dampier Classic fishing competition at the weekend.
Organiser Dennis Brian-Smith says the shark will not go to waste.
"There will be lots of scientific data taken from this," he said.
"There will be the liver and so forth will be sent away and examined and and also the stomach contents and methods that they determine the age and so forth of the fish which is fantastic as well."
source: http://www.abc.net.au/
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Reader Comments
18 people have commented so far.Absolutely despicable. It should be the angler hanging upside down.
comment# 1 - Jason · Louisville · Aug 5, 2008 @ 9:56pm
There would be a lot more scientific data if you had tagged the fish an released it. The temptation to show off your catch overwhelmed the need to preserve a sharks life? Sad. If sharks disappear from the Earth during your lifetime I hope you'll be proud of yourself.
comment# 2 - Blueplanet · London · Aug 6, 2008 @ 4:29am
scientific information - my arse - as we say in england.
comment# 3 - timecott@hotmail.com · london · Aug 6, 2008 @ 8:39am
This makes me sick.Can't anyone make a stop of the shark hunting?
comment# 4 - Titto · Sweden · Aug 6, 2008 @ 10:22am
Leave the sharks alone... How does it make you feel that you just removed a awesome animal from the eco system?? People that do this should throw themselves in the water so we can fish you out....then at least they'll be doing the world a favor.
comment# 5 - john stevenson · USA · Aug 6, 2008 @ 12:46pm
Can anyone stop all of you from griping and giving this Legal fisherman crap? The answer is no the same answer to your question about shark fishing, because we are lucky enough to live in a free society. There are regulations and limits for fishing and rod and reel fishing is not going to deplete our oceans from any species of fish. Having an opinion against shark fishing or anything else is one thing but to insult and wish harm to fishermen thats what is despicable.Get a life, that would do the world a favor.
comment# 6 - Robert Rolin · Onalaska Texas · Aug 6, 2008 @ 4:51pm
I think this is horrible. It's legal to do lots of things, but that doesn't make it RIGHT. We should be hanging these types of people from a hook and claiming it's for scientific data.
comment# 7 - S.H. · Deptford, NJ · Aug 7, 2008 @ 12:40pm
the activist crap is a bit much to take, i for one can't stand listening to the constant griping from people with no connection to the ocean much less any knowledge of the subject, but...i definitely don't think that current limits will keep us from depleting whats left in the ocean, we don't know everything and to blindly believe what is told to us in regards to limits and fish stocks is foolhardy. The key is to be ethical, killing a tiger shark for "hash" is criminal in my book, why not reef sharks? there are plenty of those, tigers are rare and should be treated with more respect.
comment# 8 - Rolando · ft lauderdale, fl · Aug 8, 2008 @ 12:32pm
Although I dont't want to see any sharks killed for recreation, our energies would be better spent going after the commercial fisheries--particularly those in the Far East--who are especially responsible for the depletion of many shark species, rather than the sport fishermen. While shark fishing is vital to the fishing industry, governments need to come together and set stricter limits on fishing hauls, similar to the limits set for the crabbing and lobster industries.
comment# 9 - Mike · Philadelphia, USA · Aug 13, 2008 @ 11:06am
Looks like the place is full of Greenies.. Tiger Sharks kill to survive so do we humans :) .. Tastes good on the plate ..
comment# 10 - Fisho · Australia · Sep 23, 2008 @ 10:29pm
3.6m? A record? What a joke! The catch is just someone trying to make a name for themselves. Professional fishermen and shark researchers in WA catch tiger sharks over 4 meters.By the photo, this shark isn't even very robust. Above 3.5m they really fill out, like floating tanks. They could have released the animal, but they wanted the picture and a a laughable claim to a record...
comment# 11 - James Dean · Perth, Australia · Sep 28, 2008 @ 7:16pm
theres nothing wrong with keeping a few sharks. it's not going to wipe them out. its all the finning bye the indo's that's the problem.
comment# 12 - jethro · esperance · Jan 2, 2009 @ 9:19pm
Huge shark my rear orifice.The things a baby.Love to see the fool who caught it in the water with a larger shark.He wouldnt be posing then.I agree,why couldnt they have tagged it and let it go.Ps Vic Hislop is a dorkhead!
comment# 13 - Brenno · sydney · Jan 7, 2009 @ 7:54pm
seriously, people, pull it together. While we probably are entering an era where anglers need to consider letting big female fish go--you can't say that the Cabo San Lucas fishing fleet would not impact the marlin population there because it's "just" sportfishing--but for so many of these nitwits on this thread to complain about one angler killng a record fish, for HEAVEN'S SAKE get off your butts, get active and help us put an end to industrial fishing, shark finning, bottom trawling, 20 mile long lines of death the commercials use, and don't sit around passively whining about a guy with a rod and reel.
comment# 14 - gripper · salt lake city, utah · Mar 21, 2009 @ 2:06pm
Is not possible to catch a 285kg tiger on a 10kg test line it is a bullshit, plus is a crime to kill such a beautifull animal.. The angler is just a liar fisherman!!
comment# 15 - John · SXM · Apr 17, 2009 @ 7:24am
Wat is up with shark huntung net cashing shark fishers!Ur killing a wonderful group...and es i am a teenager but we need them but no for food sports ludacrints or merchandise...we need em bcuz they help our water...!But stupid people like this are killing our waters and sharks!
comment# 16 - shark lover · Phoneix,USA · Apr 22, 2009 @ 7:11am
It's just an animal, if you tree huggers cared as much about your fellow man as you do dumb animals the world would be a better place. You need to get your priorities straight and stop pushing your vegan ways on people who like to est meat.
comment# 17 - Joe cool · USA #1 · Aug 8, 2011 @ 10:46pm
WHAT THE ???, why do us tax payers have to bill the cost for activists bullshit, if i was prime minister, i would let the japanese government arrest them dickheads and do whatever with them, they trespassed onto private property, therefore they get charged even in australian waters, the question is what would have happened if the japanese boarded the sea shepard, they would have been charged and arrested, so the government is full of scat, get rid of gillard and co and bring back non greedy politicians with a sense of common sense and logic. until then this country is had relations with im sorry to say
comment# 18 - LEE BETHELL · WESTERN AUSTRALIA · Jan 10, 2012 @ 8:58pm