Freak 11-stone Halibut Caught With Fishing Rod Off Shetland Coast And Sold To Restaur

[William]

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Freak 11-stone Halibut Caught With Fishing Rod Off Shetland Coast And Sold To Restaurant For £1,000 (http://www.underwatertimes.com/link.php?url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2341179/Freak-11-STONE-halibut-thats-3-times-bigger-usual-caught-fishing-rod-Shetland-coast-sold-restaurant-1-000.html)

[Triton]

"They have been overfished in the past few decades and have been placed on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's red list and listed as endangered. "

...So why was this not considered a crime? Don't get me wrong, I am happy they ate it rather than just kill it for sport, but I thought the point of the endangered list was to prevent this

[madagascariensis]

It is listed all throughout the article what a remarkable, old, endangered fish this is(well, was. Now it is fish and chips).

[KevinVA]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnq96W9jtuw

Felt appropriate.