Anglers in Louisiana are raising concerns as shark depredation increases. As shark populations rebound, tensions have grown between anglers and the predators.
Chris Macaluso, director of the Center for Marine Fisheries for the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, said the issue is many anglers are losing fish to sharks at what seems like a higher rate and now it is sparking calls for action.
"We had a lot of folks down on the Louisiana coast fishing this past weekend who reported losing 10, 15, sometimes 20 fish per trip to sharks," Macaluso explained. "You hook the fish, you try to reel them into the boat and the shark eats them before you can get them to the boat."
