OCEAN CITY SHARK TOURNAMENT
P.O. BOX 3038
Ocean City, Maryland 21843-3038
June 11 to 15, 2008 at the Ocean City Fishing Center
RELEASE DIVISION
In the past 27 years the Shark Tournament’s format has varied to reflect changes in fishing opportunities and to maintain it’s founders commitment to the conservation of sharks and other marine resources. This has never been a “catch-em, kill-em, drag-em in” type of event. From the very start the goal was to have a tournament where most of the sharks were caught and released and only a limited number of “contender” fish were brought back to the dock.
The success of their conservation efforts is something all the tournament directors are very proud of and certainly a tribute to the sportsmanship of the competitors.
This year’s Shark Tournament offers cash prizes for the first three heaviest sharks in each division and to the top three teams who accumulate the most points for the sharks they release.
In the release division, sharks that are more difficult to catch - such as makos, threshers, and great whites - provide more points than more common catches like dusky, sandbar, and blue sharks. Fishing teams are provided with a camera to photograph sharks before they’re released. At the end of the last fishing day, all photographs are processed and used by the tournament committee to qualify each reported release.
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