.....The San Pedro Sun front page story about this weekends Shark Fishing Tournament kinda spun my head around. I love Captain Sharks, they are even friends and San Pedro, love you too,
but killing sharks......Guys its an international opinion that killing sharks for sport is a nono,
and donating the meat to the school doesn't justify squat.
This isn't just my tree huggin opinion.
Remember the old adage 'any publicity is good publicity' Well, apparently not for shark tournaments San Pedros reputation for Eco Tourism will suffer for this.

I agree with you Elbert. Even the big shark fishing tournaments in Hawaii (televised on ESPN) do not allow you to kill the shark and if you do, it counts against your team. Catch and release only.
Isn't it enough that 100 million sharks are killed annually just for their fins? (http://www.sharkwater.com/education.htm)

But of course this is just my 2 Cents.

yep
http://www.hsus.org/wildlife/wildlife_news/monster_shark_tournament.html
http://www.divephotoguide.com/articles/oak_bluffs_monster_shark_tournament__martha__s_vineyard
http://www.sharksavers.org/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=294
I could go on and on but you get the point.

Captain Sharks canceled this event due to the public outcry against it.

Great News!

Lets have a developer bashing tournament , now that would be fun.

Amanda
are you saying that just to defuse the thread or is it really still on and renamed.

Elbert I am saying what I was told by James Ritchie yesterday. Please, if you have question about the tournament or anything else to do with Captain Sharks call them.

Why would I be trying to defuse your thread. It is a moot point, so nothing to defuse.

called, they have changed the name of the tournament to 'Deep Water' and its still on.

last trip I caught a bull shark while groupper fishing ...the guide wanted to keep it I said a big nooooooooooooo.We released the shark carefully as you can ...I have seen the light years ago...I keep snapper ,and any fish that feeds hungry people but no shark...Just my personal opinion..