Norwegian record Porbeagle: 43 kg

About Porbeagle

The porbeagle (Lamna nasus) is a heavy-bodied, warm-blooded mackerel shark. It is blue-grey above and white below, with a pointed snout, long gill slits, a crescent tail and two keels on each side of the tail base. A white patch on the back edge of the first dorsal fin separates it from the shortfin mako. Norwegian fish are usually 2–3 m and 150–200 kg, and the species can reach about 3.5 m. It mostly hunts in the top 150 m but can dive far deeper, taking herring, mackerel, saithe and squid. Females give birth to only one to five pups, typically four, after a long pregnancy, so the species recovers slowly. Heavy Norwegian longlining collapsed the northeast Atlantic stock in the mid-1900s. The porbeagle is protected in Norway and targeted fishing has been banned since 2007. Vulnerable (VU) on both the Norwegian Red List 2021 and the IUCN Red List.

Sources: Artsdatabanken, Store norske leksikon, Fiskeridirektoratet, Wikipedia

• Habitat: Saltvann
• Best month: August

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