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To Catch A Shark

Juliet Savigear

OK, the idea of fishing for shark to us divers, seems to be wrong, evil and 'NO' we all scream together. It doesn't matter if the shark gets put back alive into the water. Certainly when I saw the advertising boards at the harbour of St Mary's on the Isles of Scilly, there was something that grated at the back of my mind. However, there is still much to be learnt about these beautiful fish and without this knowledge it would be nigh on impossible to help protect their rather bleak-looking future. So, what does catching and tagging the sharks in our waters hope to achieve..?

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