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Spiny dogfish are hungry, like to swim and love to eat. The sharks are causing all sorts of issues for fishermen in the Cape Cod town of Chatham. "It’s a (expletive) plague of locusts is what it is," hook fisherman Peter Taylor told the Associated Press. "I don’t care if I make a penny on dogfish, we just need to kill them."

Spiny Dogfish Fight -Shark Blamed for Problems (Image: WENN)

The wire service has the item here that explains the issues along with photos including pointing out that "fishermen consider the small shark, renowned for its stunning appetite, the vermin of the ocean."


"They say the once-threatened dogfish has rebounded under federal protections to an insatiable mass that’s devouring more valuable and scarce fish that regulators are trying to restore, such as cod, while it destroys nets, steals bait and eats catch right off their hooks."

See video here of some fisherman landing one in a boat in a YouTube clip titled "Spiny DogFish Shark Fishing 3 Massachusetts". You may wish to turn down the sound or use mute, the language is a bit rugged as the shark is pulled inside the vote.