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Chapter 340 - 180: Fishing for Bull Shark_4

Chapter 340: Chapter 180: Fishing for Bull Shark_4

Another downside is that scoop nets are generally made of various materials, and sea fish have very sharp teeth, so it’s easy for them to bite a hole in the net and then escape.

Hook and line is different, though, as it’s made of metal, with a bend at the front similar to a fish hook. Once the fish is pulled up to the surface, you simply hook the fish’s mouth and lift it out of the water—there’s no chance for it to escape.

But the problem is that now you can’t use hook and line either, sharks and other sea fish are a bit different; they are cartilaginous fish. If you try to hook it directly in the mouth and use brute force to pull it up, the fish will definitely not survive.

Looking at the large shark that was flipping over, showing the whites of its eyelids, Lin Yang smiled, contemplating how to deal with this creature.

Despite many novels, movies, and TV shows saying that sharks are protected animals, in reality, sharks are not protected animals.

If you look at the domestic list of protected animals, among aquatic creatures, all water otters, river otters are second class, of the sea lion family only the North Sea Lion, and North Sea Dog are second class; of the seal family, the Ringed Pacific Sea Seal is first class, while the Manatee and Ringed Seal are second class.

All beavers are first class, all dugongs are first class, North Pacific Right Whale first class, Blue Whales, Small Beaked Whales, Sai Whales, Bryde’s Whales, Da Cun Whales, Long-beaked Whales, Great Winged Whales are all first class.

The Baiqitun and Constant Water Dolphin are first class, while the White Seal, rough-toothed poster, Tropical Spot Original Dolphin, striped porpoise, Flying Porpoise, long-beaked true seal, and all the seals, Gua Head Whale, Killer Whale, False Killer Whale, Small Killer Whale, Broken Winged Leader Whale are second class. In fact, these few kinds of whales are all dolphins; they just look bigger.

The Long River River Dolphin is first class, while the East Asia River Dolphin, and Indo-Pacific River Dolphin are second class.

The Moxiang Whale is first class, while the Small melon-headed whale and Pygmy sperm whale are second class; all members of the Beaked Whale family are second class.

As for turtles, all land turtles are first class, all land turtles are second class, all sea turtles are first class, and the leatherback turtle is first class; as long as it’s a turtle from the sea, it’s first class.

As for fish, there are particularly many protected freshwater fish species, which I won’t list one by one here, I will mainly talk about those in the sea.

All sea horses are second class, Yellowlip Fish was just elevated to first class, the second class for wrasse, and then look at the shark species, there were originally none.

Possibly because of the commotion last year, the bull shark, Great White Shark (man-eating shark), and whale shark are now listed as second class protected animals, while other sharks are still not protected.

Lin Yang remembered a time when our country was swayed by Westerners, saying that without trade there would be no killing, then went on to feature many celebrities in commercials and promotions, advocating for environmental protection and then banning the consumption of shark fins. But in fact, our country has not eaten shark fins for more than a dozen years, and now the situation with sharks in the world is even worse.

An investigation revealed that in fact, over 70% of the sharks in the world are killed by the Western world, where they eat sharks or kill sharks to make medicine.

Therefore, because of this, one hardly ever hears the saying "no trade, no killing" in society anymore. Protected animals, the ones listed by the nation, need to be protected. Those not listed by the nation don’t necessarily need to be protected.

Thinking of this, Lin Yang couldn’t help but glance at the bull shark in front of him, especially its fins, in which he was quite interested. But after thinking it over, he shook his head.

He wasn’t suddenly feeling merciful or anything, it’s just that shark meat isn’t tasty, and to kill a two or three hundred pound shark just to try its fins seemed unnecessary, and he also realized he had already unlocked a reward in the guidebook, so there was even less reason to kill it.

"Off you go, if I catch you again, your fins won’t be spared," said Lin Yang as he jumped into the sea, then pried open the shark’s mouth and removed the hook.

Seeing this, of course, startled everyone.

This was a shark weighing several hundred pounds, and even though it was flipped over, weren’t you afraid it might suddenly turn around and bite you?

Lin Yang understood the viewers’ concerns, but if he dared to do this, it was certainly not reckless. In fact, he knew enough about sharks to feel confident in doing this.

At this moment, the flipped-over shark was in a state known as "tonic immobility," which forcibly puts those kinds of sharks that will die if not swimming, into stillness.

Of course, it won’t die immediately; it is now temporarily in a state of oxygen deprivation, which won’t instantly lead to death, but it can make it temporarily enter a hibernation state, and this state can last for about ten minutes before causing death.

Killer whales use this method when preying on sharks, holding the shark and then flipping it over, as long as they keep it still, in about ten minutes the shark will suffocate to death due to lack of oxygen.

So now for Lin Yang, this overturned shark posed virtually no threat.

After removing the hook, he also casually turned the bull shark over. After its body was laid straight, the shark was like it had just woken up from anesthesia. It took quite a moment before it flicked its tail and then plunged headfirst into the water.

Seeing Lin Yang release the shark, many viewers also expressed support.

"I’ve heard shark meat isn’t tasty, so it’s right to release it," one viewer said.

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