Sport Fishing Bluefin Tuna
Millions of dollars at stake in bluefin tuna battle
By Connie Sage Correspondent When Shawn Shiner heard that bluefin tuna were being caught off Cape Hatteras, he took a day off work and headed to the Outer Banks in hopes of hooking a big one. He wasn’t disappointed. The Suffolk pharmaceutical salesman landed an 84-inch, 318-pound giant bluefin on March 25 from the Matador, a Virginia Beach-based charter fishing boat.
700 lb. Bluefin Tuna