In 2024, fishers accidentally caught a 2.5-metre goblin shark alive off the Canary Islands, marking the first recorded live sighting of the species there |
[ad_1] Goblin shark, PC: University of La Laguna In May 2024, a group of recreational fishers off the coast of San Cristóbal, roughly 9.5 kilometres from Gran Canaria, hooked something none of them expected while fishing in 900 metres of water. What came up was a 2.5 metre goblin shark, a species so rarely seen…