Fishermen who accidentally caught a two-and-a-half-tonne basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) managed to release it unharmed after several hours of unravelling their nets.
The Jávea-based crew on board the Cap Prim Segon were in the Ibiza Channel – a well-known fishing ground for the Marina Alta’s famous red prawn – when they realised their nets were too heavy to haul up.
Full report in Friday’s Costa Blanca News – Photo: L’Elasmogrup – Marc Ros
