Re: NANFA-- Shark caught in Lake Erie!!

Nick Zarlinga (njz_at_clevelandmetroparks.com)
Wed, 31 Jul 2002 19:57:49 -0400

It is exactly as I posted. I am trying to ID it as we speak. It looks
very, very similiar to pictures of an Atlantic sharpnose that I am looking
at but the eye is not as large and the snout is a bit longer. Not sure what
it is. As excited as I am to be going to the Michigan tomorrow, I am
entrenched in this mystery!

Nick Zarlinga

"If we ignore nature.....maybe it'll go away."
----- Original Message -----
From: <Moontanman_at_aol.com>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 7:22 PM
Subject: Re: NANFA-- Shark caught in Lake Erie!!

> Nick, this isn't April 1, what's really up? I catch sharks of many species
on
> a regular basis. A sand shark (smooth dogfish, smooth hound, Mustelus
canis)
> does not bite people, they really don't have the dentition for it. If
someone
> released it I really doubt it would be able to swim more than a few yards
> before going into shock. I've caught a lot of M. canis and never in water
> that was less than 99% marine. Also they don't do well in captivity
needing a
> really large tank and cool water. I'm betting the guy who "caught it" is
the
> perpetrator. Who ever did it is one sorry individual. Make sure he gets
burnt
> good for that one. It really boils my blood to think a shark could be
> transported that far from the ocean alive and used as a practical joke! I
had
> an argument with a guy on a fishing pier Sunday night because he was
killing
> neonatal Atlantic Sharpnose sharks and throwing them back by the dozens.
Some
> sort of macho bull_at_#$#. I'd love to see the photos when you get them.
>
> Moon

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