Shark depredation isn't new, but widely seen as modern issue

Shark depredation isn't new, but widely seen as modern issue

A sandbar shark depredates a red snapper at boatside and still on a fisherman’s hook. Photo: Marcus Drymon/Mississippi State University Few things infuriate fishermen more than reeling in a hard-fought saltwater fish only to find it half eaten by a shark. The phenomenon known as shark depredation has for decades vexed recreational anglers and commercial fishermen. More than three-quarters of a century have passed since Ernest Hemingway masterful…