Rare Goblin Shark Snagged By Fisherman Off Florida Waters

A fisherman hauling in his nets Wednesday near the Florida Keys came face-to-face with one of the rarest and ugliest sharks in the sea: a goblin shark. According to the NOAA Fisheries Service Facebook page: Yesterday, a shrimp fisherman accidentally 

Though goblin sharks have been occasionally caught in the Atlantic and Indian ocean and a large group was caught in Taiwan following an undersea earthquake, most specimens have been found in the deep water canyons 

“It freaked me out, man,” fisherman Carl Moore said to KeysInfoNet. “I've never seen something so ugly in my life.” That was the description of the goblin shark from the fisherman who caught it in the Gulf of Mexico on April 19, 

“It freaked me out, man,” fisherman Carl Moore said to KeysInfoNet. “I've never seen something so ugly in my life.” That was the description of the goblin shark from the fisherman who caught it in the Gulf of Mexico on April 19, 

Prehistoric-looking pink shark caught in Florida has only been seen a handful of times Shrimp fishermen in the Gulf of Mexico have caught a goblin shark – a species so rare that one has not been seen for 10 years.