White Shark Caught in UK?

[notbrazil]

Just got back from diving in Canary Islands. Whilst chatting with my dive leader on Sunday he was keen to discuss with me the White Shark that was caught in England last week that he had seen in the Spanish papers and on the news and whether this would stop me UK diving.

Surprised, I told him I knew nothing about it but looked forward to returning home to read about it. Alas, I can find nothing apart from this LiveLeak.com - Great white shark caught in fishing net on west coast of England

Can anyone shed any light on this? It was apparently reported on Spanish news and in El Pais. The one on the vid looks a little like a Mako but I'm not 100%. Certainly, the guy beside it looks about as English as you could look!

Given that there has been so much scaremongering it would not surprise me if there has been a press embargo on this. It's not what the UK tourist industry needs after this years losses.

[Lance Morgan]

dum dum, dum dum, dumdumdundumdundun Jaws

probably a porbeagle or mako. Someone caught a record thresher shark last week but no great whites that i know of

[StuartDH]

I think is that one that was on the BBC and the fisherman who caught it sold it for something like £250

[StuartDH]

Lurking off Land's End, the giant that's a world beater - Independent Online Edition > This Britain

[Lance Morgan]

Yes that's it a Thresher. Shame he killed it

[Wild-Woman]

Originally Posted by Lance Morgan

Yes that's it a Thresher. Shame he killed it

Yes I quite agree.

[Venger]

Looks like a porbeagle to me, it has a white mark at the bottom of the dorsal fin.

[naturelover]

wild-woman i was thinking the same why did he kill it in stead of letting it go free, shame on him.

[Dogghound]

Yes a thresher. Dont think he had much choice, he was fishing with nets so the shark was probrably dead when he landed it.

[demicav]

Shame any Sharks have to die in fishing nets. They're wonderful creatures that are in need of increasing protection due to overfishing and exploitation around the globe. Much rather see one alive than dead but sadly it's still seen as quite a macho image to kill a Shark and even one killed accidentally will draw a crowd because of this reason, very sad.