Fisherman
lands two-metre long porbeagle shark off Chesil Beach, Dorset
Monday
26 October 2015
A
two-metre long shark has been caught yards off one of Britain’s most popular
tourist beaches.
Tourists
were surprised when Jan Davey brought his unusual catch ashore and laid it on
the shingle.
The
39-year-old sat astride the fish, which was so large that at least one visitor
thought it was a surfboard, and opened its massive jaws to reveal rows of
razor-sharp teeth.
Mr
Davey, who caught the porbeagle in his net by accident while fishing, told the Dorset Echo: “I’ve been fishing here since I was 16.
“I’ve
never seen anything like that so close to the shore.”
Porbeagles,
which can grow up to more than three metres long, usually stay at least 10
miles offshore.
But
this specimen got caught in Mr Davey’s trammel net near Chesil Cove.
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