Recently on social media, I saw some disturbing photos of a huge hammerhead shark that was caught off the beach in South Padre Island, Texas. Though the angler and his pals claim that they tried to revive the sea monster, I don’t buy it! It’s well known that hammerhead sharks, especially big ones, do not have a very good survival rate after the stress of an hour long fight. In Florida, it’s illegal to harvest many species of sharks, including the Great hammerhead shark. In Texas, it’s perfectly legal to harvest one even though many of the same shark species that are prohibited in Florida are prohibited in Texas. I hope the visual of the big shark on the beach, in the sand, will lead Texas to doing the right thing.
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