750-pound Mako shark caught (video)

In the most recent addition of mature shark trophy hunting fishermen off the coast of Fort Lauderdale have caught a 750-pound shark and dragged it to a marina. We are not sure yet which marina received the catch but SFMI would sure like to know, does it look familiar to anyone?

While the Mako shark is not considered by the IUCN as an endangered species it is listed as Lower Risk/Near Threatened which is a category largely reserved for reasonably well managed fisheries with potential for overfishing damage.  Science would argue that to catch this species at moderate levels is sustainable but it is pretty difficult to reason that animals of this size (breeding age) are abundant, which leads to SFMI's reasonable suggestion that this animal would have been better left in the ocean.

If anyone has information as to where the marina is in Florida please contact us at staff@sharkfreemarinas.com or post the answer on our Facebook wall.