The body of a three-meter- (9.8-foot-) long female dusty shark in the early stages of pregnancy washes up on Olga Beach in Hadera, in north central Israel.
An autopsy carried out at the Israel Nature and Parks Authority’s National Center for Sea Turtle Rescue reveals an eight centimeter (three inch) long fishing hook in the mouth, as well as a hook wound.
During the probe, 11 dead embryos, seven of them female and four male, are removed and samples from several organs are sent to a laboratory for analysis.
The dead shark weighs 165 kilograms (just under 365 pounds).
Highly valued by commercial fisheries for its meat, skin, liver oil, and fins — the latter are used in shark fin soup — the dusty shark has been assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as Endangered worldwide and Vulnerable off the eastern United States.
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