'Dozens' of dead sharks found by dog walker washed up on beach sparking fishing fears
dailyrecord.co.ukDozens of sharks have washed up on a beach in Merseyside. The strange sight was witnessed by dog walker Mick Preston, from Meols, Wirral, who had gone to Leasowe Beach on Wednesday when he saw a social media post about dead sea creatures washed up on the sand.
The 37-year-old said he counted 25 smooth-hound sharks on a small stretch of the beach but it's feared the number could be much higher with another man telling the Liverpool ECHO he found more than a hundred scattered across the sand.
Mick said: "Me and the Mrs and dog went for a walk and it's just not a nice sight. I've done this for a hobby for 22 years - I've fished the Mersey since I was 14."The gillnets are the main problem.
The fish that are surplus to requirements or ones they can't sell, they're just bumping off."By the time they've been dragged through water in the net and everything [they're already dead].
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