"You can't get away from the sharks. They are all over the place,"
"Basically, if a fish is struggling on a line, sharks are instinctively attracted to it and can catch it much more easily than if it was free-swimming,"
"All we know is there are a lot more sharks in areas where people are fishing. Why are they congregating? Is there an overpopulation? I don't know?"
"And what people don't realize is that if they catch and release the fish, the shark is just swimming around the boat waiting for you to release it and he eats it."
Anglers report increasing shark depredation near Flamingo in Everglades National Park, with sharks stealing or mutilating hooked fish. Hooked snook are being intercepted as sharks strike the water and sever lines, leaving bloody stumps and slack lines. Repeated depredation forces anglers to abandon productive spots. Biologist Jose Emilio Trujillo Moyano explains that sharks are instinctively attracted to struggling hooked fish and can capture them more easily than free-swimming fish. Anglers question whether shark numbers have risen or whether sharks are learning to target fishing boats. Depredation defeats catch-and-release intentions and undermines fishing regulations. A study has been launched to investigate the causes and patterns.
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