Bad timing. People in Florida are less interested in stopping cruelty to sharks these days.
What's with the "hit" piece? The writer claims to be an advocate for fisheries, but a single fishing boat captain is no threat to a species. Commercial fisheries themselves would be a much bigger threat.
I can't tell what the writer hates more:
People fishing and eating fish, or the success of the Miami tourist economy.
he is sprawled across a heap of very large dead sharks. He grins lasciviously at the camera and splays his legs while one hand caresses a fin and the other holds a shark's mouth agape. The tableau is reminiscent of an orgy at a sleazy porno shoot -- "
If Tristram the Reporter really sees and translates the picture in sexual terms, then maybe Tristram needs a 'time-out' after all this florid prose.