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HARLINGTON, Texas, Sept. 27 (UPI) Texas professionals say 2,000 that will 3,000 juvenile sharks are already harmed with a great against the law gill net set around condition waters through Mexican fishermen .

Texas Parks plus Wildlife Department activity wardens pulled apart throughout something like some kilometers involving outlawed net just just offshore connected with South Padre Island, KGBT-TV, Harlington, reported Tuesday.

"This is by far this almost all sharks I have at any time gotten a single load," Sgt. James Dunks said. "Myself and also my personal porch hands were working on this specific vessel intended for 15 many years and have never seen this particular quite a few sharks in one net."

Sharks around the world are usually endangered by means of overfishing, more and more specific for furnish a new requirement with regard to shark meat and also fins for shark fin soup.

"We have the following possibly 2 to be able to three kilometers of gill net that is used in our marine environments about 4 kilometer after kilometer north with the Mexico line right off the particular beach," Dunks said. "Unbelievable quantity of sharks, anywhere between 2,000 in addition to 3,000 ebony tips, bonnet mind and sharpened nostril shark in the following proper now."

The Mexican nationals whom placed the particular illegitimate net sale with Texas waters had been not necessarily apprehended.

"It can be many we can do," Dunks said. "They defeat here in some sort of topic associated with only two seconds along with be back again in Mexico inside a make any difference of a couple of minutes The males we now have found during the past have washboard informed us that will you'll find get rid of fish about at this time there that is certainly the key reason why these are coming above here."