Giant Shark Jumps into Boat

Giant Shark Jumps into Boat

Fujairah: Emirati sailor Hamza Humaid Al Sahra’a shared a tale with fellow seafarers in Al Rogilat harbour on the UAE’s eastern coastline that didn’t disappoint.

According to Al Sahra’a, one of the biggest sharks he has ever seen jumped clear out of the Arabian Sea on Sunday evening and lunged at one of his five-member crew before the three-metre Mako landed on the aft deck of his fishing vessel.

Doubters were soon believers when the intruding shark was offloaded from Al Sahra’a’s vessel as it returned to shore to empty its hold.

Al Sahra’a said he believes the shark was attacking one of his crew in the darkness of the night around 9pm — the shark may have been attracted by the noise or movement of crew members on the fishing boat engaged in yet another fishing excursion in the blue waters offshore, about 35 nautical miles off the Fujairah coast.

Luckily for the crew, the fish didn’t hurt anyone.

Al Sahra'a, 36, said one of the crew was fixing a calbe on the boat when the shark came out of nowhere into the boat. 

Khalifa Masoud, deputy chairman of Fujairah Fishermen's Association, told taht the shark weighed roughly two tonnes and is locally known as 'Al Dahiba' (a fish with wolf characteristics). 

The sudden behaviour by the fish to jump at vessel has led to warnings to local fisherman not to sit on the edge of their boats which could prove dangerous. 

Masoud said the fishermen's association is expected to preserve the large shark for eventual display at the Fujairah Maritime Museum.