(Photograph by Carla Allen)
This 1,082 pound Mako shark was caught in August during the Yarmouth, Nova Scotia Shark Scramble. From an LA Times article (free reg. required):
The shark battled for 40 minutes before angler Jamie Doucette, 28, of Wedgeport, Nova Scotia, saw its enormousness. "She felt pretty big," he recalls, "but it wasn't until she started pulling the boat off course that I started to worry…"
…Doucette reeled it in and other anglers wrapped it in ropes as the shark chewed through the knots. One loop circled its torso, the other the tail; one man leaned over the boat and slit its throat as Jaws thrashed for something to bite. It died 20 minutes later.
Kind of sad, really. More info toward the middle of the Mako page from Captain Tom's Guide to New England Sharks. Link (Thanks, Justin Ried!)
