This first time I saw a salmon shark in Alaska, I was stunned to know they even existed in Alaskan waters. These sharks are almost identical to Great White Sharks and just as menacing. A few of the sharks I’ve seen over the years, even have a slight tinge of pink from gorging on salmon. Check out the Video Of The Day for an awesome documentary on these fabulous creatures.
Oh, you would’ve gotten a kick out of the salmon shark necropsy that we saw last weekend! It was part of Oregon’s Hecata Head Coastal Conference (http://seagrant.oregonstate.edu/hecetaheadconference/2013-program), about a 200 lb female they’d had in the freezer for the past 6 months, saving her up for this event.