Tony Andersen found this shark, that appears to have accidentally gotten tangled up in his nets and died, off the shores of Makkovik Wednesday night. "I figured it might be a seal, or a harbour porpoise or something —they've been caught in nets like that," he said. Alone with heavy nets and the shark, he towed it all back to shore slowly where men waiting at the dock confirmed it was a porbeagle shark. 0:22Increased sightingsAndersen said shark sightings off Makkovik are up in recent years, with several spotted already this summer. "A few have been caught here over the last few summers in salmon nets and that," he said.

Source: CBC News August 14, 2020 12:22 UTC