PALM BEACH SHORES, Fla. -- A Palm Beach County conservationist said a 9-foot female scalloped hammerhead shark was caught and left on a dock at Sailfish Marina in Palm Beach Shores.Jim Abernathy sent photos of the shark to WPBF 25 News. Dock attendants told him that the captain of a vessel had brought the shark to the dock and left it.Abernathy said that it's illegal to kill a fish that you don't plan to eat. Abernathy said fish that won't be eaten must be immediately released under Florida law.Abernathy said this shark may have been pregnant."(Hammerhead sharks are) being driven closer and closer to extinction because of commercial fishing to their fins, and also because of careless and wasteful practices like what we've seen today," said Abernathy.
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