Porbeagle
Lamna nasus · Sharks and dogfish
A protected species. If you catch one, handle it carefully and put it back alive.
A stocky, powerful shark of cooler temperate seas that moves inshore in summer. The Shark Trust lists it as Critically Endangered in Europe, with fishing prohibitions in place.[1]
How to recognise it
When and where
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These notes are a draft: we gathered them from the sources above and are still checking them. We don't work out best times for this fish yet. The size rules come from the same checked byelaws as every other fish.