Surprise in Port de la Selva due to the accidental capture of a seven-meter basking shark

Accidental capture of peregrine shark A rare fact surprised the crew of a fisher in the Port de la Selva, on the Costa Brava, after finding among its nets a peregrine shark (Cetorhinus maximus), considered the largest fish in the Mediterranean and the second largest on the planet. The specimen, which measured more than seven meters and exceeded the ton of weight, was found lifeless. The catch occurred accidentally during a routine day of fishing…

A seven-meter-long pilgrim shark was accidentally dragged by a boat from Port de la Selva while fishing on the high seas. The specimen, weighing more than a ton, was caught in one of the nets and died before the fishermen could free him.

Fishermen from Port de la Selva (Alt Empordà) have accidentally caught a seven-meter basking shark, the largest fish in the Mediterranean and the second largest in the world. The animal, an adult female, died despite the fisherman immediately alerting the authorities and towing it to port. Rural agents went to the scene, who activated technicians from the Foundation for the Conservation and Recovery of Marine Animals (CRAM), specialized in marin…

A fisherman from Port de la Selva (Girona) accidentally captured a 7-metre pilgrim shark (Cetorhinus maximus), a species catalogued as protected in Catalonia's endangered wildlife catalogue.The capture was a mistake, since the shark, of a ton of weight, got entangled in the tremall-type nets of the boat and ended up dying.The fishermen decided to return to the ampurdan port, warn the authorities and start a laborious process to untangle the shar…

The squale was entangled in one of the boat's nets and eventually died.

The specimen was entangled in one of the nets and was transferred, already dead, to the port of the Empordà town, where it was examined.