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Angler Caught Harvesting Federally-Protected Sand Tiger Shark in NY
['Matt Haeffner', 'Matt Haeffner Grew Up On Long Island', 'Ny', 'Where He Fished On Party Boats', 'His Kayak', 'The South Shore', 'North Fork Beaches For Bluefish', 'Striped Bass', 'Fluke', 'More. With A Decade Of Experience As A Kayak Instructor']
On The Water
According to the Atlantic Shark Institute, sand tiger sharks have a wide distribution, populating “warm temperate to tropical coastal seas except the central and eastern Pacific.”
Most law-abiding anglers that fish from Long Island’s south shore beaches each summer understand that sand tiger sharks, when caught, are not to be removed from the water and must be released immediately.
But this angler decided to harvest the sand tiger shark they caught right then and there.
Sand tiger sharks are a U.S.
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