World record MakO shark harpooned by fisherman Joe Gorgita
Commercial fisherman Joe Gorgita of Port Huencine California killed the largest mako shark ever seen with a harpoon. The old female measured feet long and weighed about 1030 pounds, a new world record per the county Museum of Natural History and ichthyologist Robert Lavenburg. The shark is now in the museum collection as the world record.
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