Your Thoughts: Were The Destin Fishermen Right To Kill Mako Shark?
Filed under: News | By: JP
Posted on: October 15, 2007 | 17 Comments
You may well of seen on the news that on Saturday morning a crew of fishermen headed out to sea on a charter boat, hoping to catch some grouper to enter in the annual Destin Fishing Rodeo. Instead, they ended up with a surprise when they hooked a 844-pound Mako Shark setting a new record for the decades-old tournament.
The fishermen were welcomed by a big crowd. Reading many comments on this story in the news there are many people happy to see the catch of the shark but still many more against.
Do you think they should of just taken some photos and released the shark or were they right to kill the shark?
Photo thanks to NWF Daily News
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I think the fishermen should have just taken a picture of the shark and released it back into the ocean. There was no reason to kill this shark. It wasn’t attacking someone so why did they kill it? The shark has been caught, dragged around and eventually hooked up for all to gawp at - how is that fair?
I personally think it’s wrong that people glorify brutal killings like this one.
I am so dead against it really, i have always been a fisherman and have always believed in CATCH & RELEASE. Sharks are not as dangerous as people make them out to be and yes it is true now and then sharks do kill people but it is very rare.
The worst killers in the world are us yes us humans but do we get caught on a hook, then sliced and dice (hell friggin no we do not).
There was no need to kill this shark, at the end of the day it was just something to give the fisherman something to boast about. Well i hope they and all the people there that day have a big smile on their faces because one thing is for sure “The shark has not”.
The fishermen should have taken pictures & let the shark go. The mako shark plays a vital role along with other shark species in the food chain. To kill for just sport or like the Japanese for just the fins is just plain wrong.
Please give me a break, brutal killing of a shark??? Poor, poor shark… really now. It would have been ok to keep a smaller fish but not a giant shark? Its perfectly legal, and its a predator that isn’t on the endangered species list. Good hunting as far as I’m concerned.
The fisherman were well out into the Gulf fishing for grouper when they came upon this shark — doing what it has been doing for the past upteenth hundred years — eating his lunch. The fisherman said, “we’ve never seen one this big” — uh, maybe that’s because he’s never been caught by callous, glory seeking fisherman! Was he killed for food - to save a family from starving? No! Was he killed because he was a threat to area beaches? No! He was killed to break a friggin’ RECORD giving glory to these bunch of yahoos!
Doesn’t Florida have CATCH AND RELEASE laws for ‘recreational’ catches?
First of all, do we know if there’e a prize associated??? Because I do know there’s a lot of Money for the biggest Grouper, Amberjack, Yellowfin and so on in this tournament. Having said that, if there is a $25,000 prize associated for a catch which was legal; in addition, to a tournament which one paid good $$$$ to enter, why not bring it in and collect? Who said that Mako’s aren’t edible as they are on plenty of menu’s in FL. Secondly, this shouldn’t even be in the same sentence as Japanease fin fishing. It’s not even a shark tournament…..they were fishing for grouper and happen to come across a record shark most likely worth some $$$ which is why they entered the tournament to begin with.
Thats a lot of BBQ hanging there, pass the pepper
It was wrong! Sport fishing isn’t about killing. Such jerks!
Why don’t you worry more about famine and disease around the world. Better yet, if you’re that concerned about this particular animal then call your congressman or quit yer cryin.
KILL KILL KILL ALL SHARKS!!!!!!