DEPOE BAY, Ore. — It was a big weekend for shark sightings off the Oregon coast, from the 12-foot great white shark that apparently got snared in a fisherman’s crab pot at Depoe Bay to a shark warning that Seaside police issued to beach crowds.
Dick Teeny of Gresham, Ore., says the great white that his 20-foot recreational fishing boat brought back to Depoe Bay likely died Saturday after getting tangled in his crab pot lines.
The shark has been confirmed as a great white and the Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife Division says it’s continuing an investigation into the creature’s death. State police note that under state and federal law, it is unlawful to take or possess great white sharks.
Oregon Fish and Game biologist Eric Schindler tells The Oregonian that there are always a few great whites hunting in waters off the Oregon coast.
On Sunday, police in Seaside drove up and down the beach and used loudspeakers to announce a shark sighting. Lt. Dave Ham says lifeguards saw a distinctive dorsal fin and a lifeguard came across a porpoise that had been bitten.
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