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Video: Shark Fishers Cast Off to Protect Ocean Predators

by Pat Coate | August 02, 2007

Off Maine Coast - Even as overfishing has slashed many shark populations by as much as half, some fishers continue to hunt sharks for sport -- and to catch the largest trophy.

In Maine, however, a group of conservation-minded sport fishers has turned the idea of a shark tournament upside-down.

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