HARLINGTON, Texas, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- Texas authorities say 2,000 to 3,000 juvenile sharks have been killed in an illegal gill net set in state waters by Mexican fishermen.
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department game wardens pulled in approximately three miles of illegal net just offshore of South Padre Island, KGBT-TV, Harlington, reported Tuesday.
"This is by far the most sharks I have ever gotten in one load," Sgt. James Dunks said. "Myself and my deck hand have been working on this boat for 15 years and have never seen this many sharks in one net."
Sharks worldwide are threatened by overfishing, increasingly targeted to supply a demand for shark meat and fins for shark fin soup.
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