We can now confirm 9ft blue shark Beamer was legally caught and killed by a legal commercial longline fishing operation off the coast of Costa Rica. The boat was using a longline that had 3,500 circle hooks and was 60 miles long This is both shocking and sad, 50% of our sharks tagged in Montauk have been commercially caught and killed in less than a year. This does help one understand the mind-blowing statistic that up to 100M sharks per year are caught and killed, some just finned for a bowl of soup.” -Expedition Leader Chris Fischer Read more : bit.ly/1ssdySb WWW.OCEARCH.ORG [Powered by Cat Products]
Posted on: Sat, 10 May 2014 15:00:02 +0000