Thresher shark caught this weekend is first in 30 years
A 12ft thresher shark has been caught off the coast of south east Cornwall.
According to the Shark Angling Club Of Great Britain an angler from Essex caught the fish in waters off Looe on Saturday afternoon.
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A thresher shark
The shark was tagged and then released back into the water. The catch was believed to be the first in around 30 years in local waters.
More commonly found off the coast of Asia and North America, threshers are considered a “vulnerable” species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.
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Comments
by Nevman
Wednesday, August 08 2012, 1:06PM
“Is it a bird? Is it a plane?”
by ghostofquint
Wednesday, August 08 2012, 12:36PM
“There is nothing in the footage to show it's a thresher but general shape suggests it is. Was it actually caught though? Looks like it was just brought alongside the boat which doesn't count under IGFA international angling rules. Threshers are far more common in British waters now than they were thirty years ago.
The Shark Fisherman (definately not a marine biologist, I've walked the walk)”
by shipmateron
Monday, August 06 2012, 8:42PM
“£10,000 for me by myself. For that you get the head, tail, whole damn thing.”
by madmax64
Monday, August 06 2012, 7:07PM
“Of course its a flipping Thresher and of course its a fish,some people!! I've scuba dived within 2 metres of these sharks,they're amazing”
by GreenGOM
Monday, August 06 2012, 7:02PM
“@legaltease
I think your husband should go back to college and listen to the lectures this time.”
by unhappysteveo
Monday, August 06 2012, 6:03PM
“Lol legal tease, Its a fish!
Sharks belong to the Class Chondrichthyes which consists of cartilaginous fish.
If they were mammals they would belong to the Class Mammalia.
is a thresher in the pic tho.”
by RattamahatA
Monday, August 06 2012, 5:08PM
“Er, Legal Tease, is your husband a very good Marine Biologist?”
by LegalTease
Monday, August 06 2012, 4:28PM
“@BS_Hater - my husband (a marine biologist) has requested that I a) point out that a shark is not a fish it is a mammal and b) that the picture is of a thresher shark.”
by theburrow
Monday, August 06 2012, 3:17PM
“What a beautiful animal! So glad it was released back into the wild where it belongs.”
by Schmarcus
Monday, August 06 2012, 1:09PM
“Yes it is.”