An incredibly massive tiger shark presumably caught by a commercial fisherman off the coast of New South Wales, Australia, has raised questions as to who caught it, who took the photos and whether it is real or not. The photos gained traction on social media Tuesday when Geoff Brooks of Byron Bay in New South Wales
posted them on Facebook, saying the tiger shark was caught off 7 Mile Beach over the weekend.
Yes—it’s real,” The Daily Telegraph announced Wednesday in a story about the shark that comes amid talk among Byron Bay surfers about culling sharks because of the numerous great white shark sightings in the area.
The Daily Telegraph wrote that the Byron Bay-based group Positive Change for Marine Life reported that the shark was caught off Nine Mile Reef by a licensed commercial shark fishing boat and was believed to be 13-feet long, though it appears much larger than that. It was likely caught on a shark drum line, the newspaper reported. Read more at http://www.grindtv.com/fishing/mystery-surrounds-massive-tiger-shark-caught-off-australia/#GwpsHAJ6yYMgS4Up.99