The examination revealed damage to the mouth and signs of hemorrhaging. Wildlife experts disclose disturbing details after 14-foot thresher shark washes ashore: 'Major risk to sharks and other ocean ...

Chris Brown was off Block Island fishing for scup, a small fish that weighs about a pound, when something much bigger landed on his deck: a 500-pound, 16-foot-long common thresher shark.

The fishing pressures on makos are intense ... Later in the day, one of the fishermen told me that a 500-pound thresher shark brought in earlier had been pregnant, and when it was gutted, the ...

The intimidating encounter happened off Block Island, about 50 miles south of Providence, and involved a thresher shark that weighed ... something unexpected on fishing boats.

The two-and-a-half metre thresher shark was discovered at about 8am on ... likely caused by line-caught sport fishing. Bycatch remains a major threat to ocean wildlife. “Cornwall Wildlife ...

“Initial assessments suggest that the shark had experienced significant trauma, likely caused by line-caught sport fishing.” Photos show the dead thresher shark and its distinctive tai ...