elite Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Hi Rraiders, Caught a shark on saturday night in the hacking. Looks like a reef shark just over 1m in length (sorry, no pic) I heard you can eat sharks, but i never tried one (apart from flake - fish n chips) so i released it. Anyone know if it's ok to eat? worth eating etc? Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkymalinky Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 G'day elite, Some shark is great eating... some is disgusting. Some shark flesh when fresh has a slightly ammonia taste... it often disappears if frozen for a while first. With some it's quite strong making them virtually inedible. I usually keep any bronze whalers I catch around the 1m mark. They're quite nice although not as good as school shark or gummy shark (the 2 species normally sold as 'flake'). I usually pop the fillets in the freezer for a couple of weeks out of habit but they don't need it. Don't get me wrong though, bronzie is great fresh. DON'T keep any bigger sharks... anything over about 1.5m... as a top of food chain predator, sharks accumulate any pollutants present in a waterway, like heavy metals. Anything over that size should be released. And remember that sharks are under a lot of pressure from illegal fishing so consider letting them go anyway or at least limit what you take. Cheers, Slinky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elite Posted January 16, 2011 Author Share Posted January 16, 2011 Great information. Thanks Slinky!!! This shark definitely wasnt a bronzie or a gummy. I'll continue to release them for now Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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