THIS WAS NO MISTAKE!

The captain of the boat was heard on VHF talking about the Great White he caught. The reason his name and boat name have not been released is because other boat captains are coming forward and telling investigators what this jerk did, they are keep ing his name and boat name "secret" to ensure that those reporting him actually heard him talking are not just coming forward against him becaus ethye read it in the paper.

If he's out there fishing, he needs to take responsibility and be held responsible for his actions a decisions.

This is just cruel and is a stupid sport. So what that you caught a fish on a hook? poor shark is hooked for no reason but for some sacks' play?

Been shark fishing since before Jaws, out at Montauk, Mundus et al. 1>We always did catch & release, except for one Mako/weekend, ate every last bit, and tagged the rest. 2>Right after Jaws, knuckleheads were coming in with every mutt they caught, even 50 pound duskies, which are almost inedible. 3>There's no question about mistaking the species. They're protected, it was known & the law was violated.

Aside from the other issues, a fisherman who keeps a catch in violation of the law, or even within the law when that fish is not going to be consumed (not sold) should lose fishing rights for a prolonged period, if not for life.

Have caught Whites, Makos, Blues, Duskies, Threshers, even Hammerheads over the years off LI: tagged, released, logged over the years. No longer kept any, even a Mako for food, populations are falling.

If not a private boat, Captain should also be fined, and heavily.

Charles Barron just called, he says calling anything white, great, is racist.

+1

Doesn't appear to be that large, must be a baby. The average weight of a great white is 1500-2500lbs.

I hope they fine him even more for taking a baby shark

I'll find him for three, but I'll catch him, and kill him, for ten. But you've gotta make up your minds. If you want to stay alive, then ante up. If you want to play it cheap, be on welfare the whole winter. I don't want no volunteers, I don't want no mates, there's just too many captains on this island. Ten thousand dollars for me by myself. For that you get the head, the tail, the whole damn thing.

I think we need a bigger boat.

Or a bigger hankie for the PETA babies...

35th Anniversary of that was this weekend. Quint's USS Indianapolis speech is still my most favorite movie monologue ever.

I'll never wear a vest again that is for certain!

cant we just call it an accident and call it a day? i mean it doesn't look too improbable this relatively small fish could have been first noted as a 'great' white, and im sure he would have released it had he known.

No.

I mean-- counterpoint, if dude had shot a bald eagle or baby condor & been like "well, I thought it was like, a pheasant!" he wouldn't get cut any slack.

but most people know what those animals look like. a bald eagle looks almost like a hawk more than its parent equivalent. this young shark looks like it coulda been a mako...oh, look, they're even in the same taxonomic family:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamnidae

Yeah, it seems like an honest mistake -- to us, who don't know jack about sharks. But if you're in a pro shark fishing tournament, I think you're expected to be able to tell the endangered ones apart from the targets.

yep, except no where in this article or the newsday source did it mention the fisherman was a pro. i know guys who hit tournies all the time and are't pro. they pay a fee to get registered, go out on their boats, and play. simple.

Good. I hope they make an example of this guy. And shark fishing tournaments are useless and cruel.