On 8/21/2014 9:04 AM, wrote:
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> http://news.msn.com/us/809-pound-tig...-poor-homeless
> (short - includes photo)
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> https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&....1.IotPCkdvLEo
> (multiple articles)
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> http://www.digitaljournal.com/life/f...article/397482
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> Earlier this month an 809-pound tiger shark was caught in the Gulf of
> Mexico, and then it was cooked and fed to some of the homeless and
> poor in Texas.
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> According to KSAT, 90 homeless and poor people were fed the shark.
>
> Fisherman Ryan Spring, of San Antonio, was the one who caught the
> shark. He said it took him more than seven hours to reel it in,
> according to Click2Houston. Spring didn't toss the catch. Instead
> he decided to donate the shark to Timon's Ministries in Corpus
> Christi. Almost 80 pounds of the shark's meat ended up there.
>
> According to Reuters, on Friday the charity's executive director,
> Kae Berry, said that most of the people liked it. Berry continued
> to say that they thought the texture was interesting, but for the
> most part they did like the meat. The shark was breaded and it was
> served with homemade tartar sauce.
>
> Berry said that there is still plenty of meat leftover and it is
> going to be used for chowder and stews...
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> (snip)
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> Lenona.
>

The Gulf Coast has about 50 different breeds of shark, and I have eaten
a few of them. My favorite is the lemon shark, and I have a picture of
my dad catching one. In Texas, you need a fishing license and you are
allowed to catch one shark, per person, per day. Shark finning is illegal.

I've gone scuba diving in the Flower Garden Bank and Stetson Bank and I
have seen hammerheads, nurse sharks, catnose, tiger shark. I do stay
away from bull sharks, but most sharks are harmless, there are over 300
variety of sharks and only 3-4 varieties of sharks are known to attack
people.

Becca