California anglers warned: great white fishing’s illegal
June 16, 2017
DANA POINT (AP) ― Wildlife officials say they’ll be watching to make sure fishermen don’t try to hook great white sharks congregating off the Southern California coast.
The Department of Fish and Wildlife Service says great whites are a state and federal protected species. It’s illegal to fish for them and if caught accidentally they must be released immediately.
Wildlife officers will be looking out for illegal shark anglers at the region’s beaches.
The May 26 warning came a week after Capt. Chris Pica freed a great white that was hooked and tangled in fishing gear off of Dana Point.
Pica believes the shark was deliberately hooked because the gear included a steel cable and heavy-duty fishing line.
So the Commies in Sacramento would rather feed surfers and swimmer to the Great Whites.
Than do the righting which is catch them before the attack so little kid on their boogie board.