poohbear Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 (edited) Help ID these Caught in Botany Bay Both still swimming happily in the bay and hopefully pro-creating as we speak. Regards Poohever Edited October 6, 2013 by poohbear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Scratchie Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 1st is a shovel nose shark and second is a port Jackson shark. The shovel nose is very edible around that size but the port Jackson is a protected species and must be released. Cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 benm Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 Welsome to Fishraider, first is a shovel nose shark and the second is a port jackson shark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Robofish Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 Hi mate, Shovel nose shark first and port Jackson shark second - well done mate both get quite big Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 nbdshroom Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 (edited) Welcome to FR, first is a shovel nose shark (or ray whatever you want to call it) and the second is a Port Jackson shark. PJ sharks apparently are not protected (if someone can confirm that would be good). Both don't put up much of a fight and feel like a tonne of bricks. Edited October 6, 2013 by nbdshroom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Scratchie Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 Welcome to FR, first is a shovel nose shark (or ray whatever you want to call it) and the second is a Port Jackson shark. PJ sharks apparently are not protected (if someone can confirm that would be good). Both don't put up much of a fight and feel like a tonne of bricks. From what I know Pete, they are protected! At the very least, they are good on the chew anyway! Cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 nbdshroom Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 (edited) From what I know Pete, they are protected! At the very least, they are good on the chew anyway! Cheers scratchie!!! Haha Jeff, yeah I've never tried eating it before. Edited October 6, 2013 by nbdshroom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 benm Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 They aren't protected but it is just an "unwritten rule" amongst fishermen to release them since they aren't particulary sporty to catch and are such placid animals. http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/fisheries/species-protection/protected-species Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Scratchie Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 They aren't protected but it is just an "unwritten rule" amongst fishermen to release them since they aren't particulary sporty to catch and are such placid animals. http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/fisheries/species-protection/protected-species Thanks mate. They used to be, must be showing my age. But they're not good for anything anyway! They have more head than a kings cross nightclub! So just let them go! Cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Help ID these
Caught in Botany Bay
Both still swimming happily in the bay and hopefully pro-creating as we speak.
Regards
Poohever
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