Plenty more where that one came from.
Yep, in 1972 before I was sent to my duty station in Tehran, I went shark fishing with my dad off Panama City, FL. We had several catches that day but the one I tackled with took about 2-1/2 hours to get it to the boat. When the captain saw it swim past the transom, he cut the line. Said it was a hammerhead about 14 feet long. We were in a 28’ boat. The most interesting catch of the day was a 6 foot black tip shark that my brother brought in on 20# test line that we were fishing for Bonita to use for chum.
Not really. The Scalloped Hammerhead is the first shark to ever be put on the protected list.
Don’t be so sure. The Chinese catch and process anything that lives. Sharks have taken an enormous hit over at least the last two decades. However, there are reports of increasing shark populations. I tend to hope in a rebound, but the sea is being raked clean of so many fish species.