Sharks are caught and tagged all the time, right up to seven meter long Great Whites, and it never seems to cause any issues. Sharks aren’t what you’d call ‘highly strung’, prone to having a fit of the vapours and expiring just because they’ve been hauled out of their natural environment.
They’re apex predators, and the only thing at risk is the poor bugger who draws the short straw and has to put his hands near the mouth of a live shark to take the hook out!
While a sharks tooth isn’t literally ‘razor sharp’, with all the force of a heavy, powerful fish behind them they’re definitely knife sharp.
Catching a Thresher in UK waters is a rare occurrence, and one those guys will never, ever forget.
Beautiful fish, too, very streamlined with huge pectoral fins, stunning things, I envy them being that close to one.