The Ministry of Sports, Culture and the Arts, Fisheries and Co-operatives once again advises the general public, visitors and fisherfolk to exercise extreme caution when venturing out to sea.
Please be advised that an aggressive shark was sighted and caught within the marine environment of Dr Groom’s Beach in St George on 16 February 2021.
The shark, which appears to be 12 feet long, has been identified by a marine biologist to be of the mako shark species.
The shark appears to have beached itself for unknown reasons; however, there have been similar occurrences observed with these oceanic shark species in neighbouring islands of St Kitts and Nevis, and Dominica in recent months.
The general public is advised to exercise the following:
- Do not panic
- Be vigilant while bathing on beaches and exit the water immediately if a shark is seen in the water
- Refrain from catching or removing from the water any shark that is beached
- Refrain from consuming the meat from a beached shark as the reason for beaching is unknown.
The Ministry of Sports, Culture and the Arts, Fisheries and Co-operatives, urges all seafarers and the general public to note well the points listed above and report any sightings of sharks to the Fisheries Division via telephone 440-3814 and the Coast Guard at 444-1931/1932.
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I am a PADI certified scuba instructor and this was a sad article to read.
Beached or dragged to the shore??
From the witnesses account the poor shark was not aggressive. It was sick and disoriented since after it was butchered lots of plastic was in his stomach.
What really is an aggressive shark? #alarmists
The only thing similar between what has been reported is that the SHARK HAS BEEN KILLED!! No marine biologist consulted to assess the situation just kill the shark. What fing nonsense.
you are full of garbage!!! That shark was NOT BEING AGRESSIVE. Men were beating it for God’s sake. It was trying to get back into the ocean if you watch the video. More stupid behaviour and STOP STOP STOP trying to frighten persons with your inflammatory headlines!!