EXCUSE ME, but the article in the sunday sun does not say it is a porbeagle, suggest you read the artcile again. No wonder the wrong info gets spread around.
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For many years anglers have said there are sharks, suspected to be mainly porbeagle, tope, and blues off the north east coast, they have seen them, lost fish on the retrieve to them, and have been mocked in quite a few quarters for saying so. Wow, a few seals, porpoises, well more than a few, get the chop and their carcases get washed up and suddenly an investigation is underway to see if one of the most dangerous sharks in the sea, a “Mako†is on the prowl along our coastline. And the media is doing its best to cause an unwarranted Jaws style panic, a warning has gone out in some quarters that people should take care while swimming, at this time of year who? is going to swim in the north sea, well surfers will, but if they wish to dress up like seals. Maybe anglers wading out to cast should take care not to get their toes nibbled. Why has it taken so long for somebody to take notice, could it be the fact that because of the lack of other food sources cod etc, that the always present sharks have started chomping cuddly creatures. Before anglers go rushing down to the sea in their tiny boats to try and catch this beast, beware if it is a Mako, they can grow well in excess of 1,000lb and have probably caused more damage to boats and anglers than any other shark when hooked. Stick to your cod fishing.