Villagers holding the 7m-long angel shark in Kampung Chempaka near Kuantan yesterday. — NST picture by Shahrul Nizam Mohamad
KUANTAN: Three fishermen were nearly thrown overboard when three angel sharks got caught in their fishing nets.
Zulkifli Mohd Nor, 46, said: "Even though the nets were heavier than usual and we were nearly thrown overboard, we continued pulling up the nets.
"The weather also wasn't good but we really wanted to get our catch that morning."
He said the largest of the three sharks was almost 200kg while the two smaller ones, believed to be offspring, weighed 60kg each.
Zulkifli said this was fourth time he had caught angel sharks.
He expected the three sharks to fetch RM3,000.
He added that he and his friends would sell the sharks to wholesalers at the Fisheries Development Authority complex.