Scubamoose 0 Posted September 15, 2010 I took these pictures in Norway, near Froya island on this summer! They catch a lot of fish there (for sport as well as commercially) and eating some species of sharks is allso not very rare. Atleast they dont eat only fins, but the whole thing. I saw these shakheads drying in the sunlight next to a small harbour on a very tiny island. I wasnt able to find the owner to ask what species it is, did they eat the rest of it, why are they drying the heads etc. Anyways... I didn't like what I saw Cheers Karel Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
danielandrewclem 3 Posted September 15, 2010 Those heads belonged to porbeagle sharks, Lamna nasus. I suspect they will be sold and end up on people's living room or office walls. I saw mako shark heads like that for sale in Barcelona. A fairly large head with jaws was about $100. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rbplo 0 Posted September 15, 2010 Very sad pictures Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scubamoose 0 Posted September 16, 2010 Sad indeed! I never got the point why someone would like a dead animal head on theyr wall - it's just stupid. Like a trophy of human stupidity... Cheers Karel Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Even Dykkeladd 0 Posted September 16, 2010 For your information; stockfish http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockfish is an old tradition of conserving fish, and this might also well have been a case for this shark (catching of porbeagle sharks are redlistet now afaik, but this specimen might be old; dried fish-remnants lasts very long) Even Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scubamoose 0 Posted September 16, 2010 Thanks for the info Even! You might be on to something here Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
