There was no longer an open wound in the fin. Chelsea Black ... t catch them and slice off the tips of their fins. They may not all be as lucky as this silky shark. More: Food Blogger Fined ...

Chelsea Black ... of the wounded silky shark in July 2022. Josh Schellenberg, CC BY-NDThe photos showed a male silky shark with a large, gaping wound in its dorsal fin, as if someone had taken ...

Locals and vacationers in Myrtle Beach, S.C. got a surprise this week when a black tip sharp was seen swimming ... The lifeguard informed her there was a black fin shark in the water, and as ...

As for who cut the shark's fin in the first place, the researchers have a few theories. Study author Chelsea Black told Live Science: "It’s more likely that the shark was caught by a fisherman ...

A great white shark ... off the black tip. The sharks caught by the institute are tagged and released. "We weren't expecting that one," researcher Kaitlyn O'Brien, who took photos, told the ...

Though shark bites are a ... Scharf said the trailing tail fin won't always be visible for the smaller sharks most common to the beaches in this area - like black tips and spinners - but would ...