Andrew Cuomo is catching criticism from conservationists for reeling in a 154.5-pound thresher shark off Long Island. Cuomo’s office notes he was legally permitted to keep the shark. Shark Research Institute director Marie Levine says Monday that threshers are considered vulnerable, a conservation status just below endangered. She says that sport fishing isn’t a leading shark killer but that releasing the fish would have been preferable. Levine says New York under Cuomo has taken strides to conserve sharks.

Source: thestar August 29, 2016 16:52 UTC