Blue shark (Prionace glauca). Norsk: Blåhai.
No official record yet
Villmarksliv's official list of Norwegian sport-fishing records has no record for Blue shark yet. The first registered fish that meets the rules becomes the record.
About Blue shark
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The blue shark (Prionace glauca) is a slender ocean-going shark, recognised by its long pointed snout, very long narrow pectoral fins and vivid indigo-blue back. The flanks are lighter blue and the belly white. Females grow larger than males; most adults are 2 to 3 m, and the biggest reliably measured are about 3.8 m. It ranges through temperate and tropical seas worldwide, from the surface down to roughly 350 m, preferring water of 12 to 20 °C, and travels huge distances with the ocean currents. It feeds mainly on small schooling fish and squid. Females give birth to live young, often 25 to 50 and sometimes over 100 in one litter. In Norway it is an occasional visitor recorded along the whole coast, mostly as small juveniles, and is listed as Not Applicable (NA) on the Norwegian Red List 2021. IUCN lists it as Near Threatened (NT) because huge numbers die as longline bycatch.
Sources: Artsdatabanken, Store norske leksikon, Wikipedia
- Habitat: Saltvann
- Red list status: NA (2021)
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Log your catchHow to register a Norwegian record
- Norwegian sport-fishing records are registered with Villmarksliv, not with FishComp. Read the rules before you do anything else with the fish.
- Records are based on weight and approved by a jury. You give the weight and length, where it was caught, the gear you used and any witnesses.
- Keep your photos and notes from the catch. Logging it in FishComp does not register a record.
Source: Villmarksliv's official Norwegian records (klikk.no).