Nicholas Emord

Yes, I agree with you on the fact that some of these tournaments are corrupt and wrong, sense my dad gave away the tournoment to whom ever took it over it has not become a family oriented tournament and has turned into a playboy killing spree. But there is no reason why food banks have stopped taking shark meat, that is comparable to killing a deer and leaving it to decompose, but thats their problem and i don't see why they don't utilize that resource, nothing went to waste in that tournament. and as a side note fishermen use cheap steal hooks that just rust out in a week or to with no harm to the shark making catch and release very safe along as the fish remans in the water.

This article is bull s*** if u scroll up to the little kid showing the sark fin to everyone, that was me. My father started the Oak Bluffs Tournament and we educated the public, used the sharks for research for cancer and when we were done WE USED THE SHARK MEAT TO FEED THE HOMELESS!!!!!!!!!!!! we fed over 40,000 homeless people by donating the meat to the boston food bank. Every one loved that tournament no one said boo at all the kids loved it and it was a great family experience. it infuriates me when dumb ass reporters twist things just to make a story interesting. in that tournament we didn't just give a prize for the biggest shark we gave one for the most catch and releases and tagging of sharks for research. Whom ever wrote this article you sicken me.