Redington Beach, FL – Two sharks found cut apart on a Pinellas County beach prompted witness complaints and a review by Florida wildlife officials.<\/p>\n
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission received reports about two dead sharks discovered Sept. 6 near Redington Beach.<\/p>\n
After examining photographs, FWC identified the animals as a bull shark and a blacktip reef shark. <\/p>\n
Both species may legally be harvested in Florida, and the agency said its review found no wildlife violations.<\/p>\n
Beach visitor Carrie Singh said her family allegedly saw a man remove a shark\u2019s tail Sunday while a hook remained in its mouth. <\/p>\n
The remaining carcass was reportedly left on the sand.<\/p>\n
Singh also alleged the same person cut up a smaller shark the previous weekend, placed pieces in a kayak and dumped them near swimmers. Her family believed the incidents involved different sharks because of their sizes.<\/p>\n
The encounters were reported to FWC, but Singh said the individual left before officers arrived. <\/p>\n
Officials did not confirm whether the person held a fishing license or required shark permit.<\/p>\n
Florida anglers who target sharks from shore must complete the state\u2019s Shark Smart Fishing course and obtain a free shore-based shark fishing permit. <\/p>\n
A recreational saltwater license may also be required.<\/p>\n
State regulations require retained sharks to remain whole, with heads, tails and fins attached, until landed. <\/p>\n
Anglers may process sharks after legally bringing them ashore.<\/p>\n
FWC advises anglers to avoid shark fishing near swimmers or crowded beaches. Chumming from a beach is prohibited.<\/p>\n
No one was arrested or charged in connection with the incidents. Suspected wildlife violations can be reported to FWC\u2019s Wildlife Alert Hotline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Redington Beach, FL – Two sharks found cut apart on a Pinellas County beach prompted witness complaints and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":396250,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[115076,158025,49660,28,4747,69010,3123,19589,202,204,203,199,201,200,74663,8657],"class_list":["post-396249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-anglers","tag-carrie-singh","tag-cut","tag-florida","tag-fwc","tag-incidents","tag-redington-beach","tag-sharks","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news","tag-violations","tag-wildlife-officials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=396249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396249\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/396250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=396249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=396249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=396249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}