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TODAY’S DATE:

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MM DD YY

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Shark Species to Report:

Prohibited Shark Species:

Shark Species to Report:

Prohibited Shark Species:

• Atlantic Sharpnose
• Blacknose
• Blacktip
• Blue
• Bonnethead
• Bull
• Common thresher
• Finetooth
• Great hammerhead
• Lemon
• Nurse
• Oceanic whitetip
• Porbeagle
• Scalloped hammerhead
• Smooth Dogfish
• Smooth hammerhead
• Spinner
• Tiger

• Atlantic Sharpnose
• Blacknose
• Blacktip
• Blue
• Bonnethead
• Bull
• Common thresher
• Finetooth
• Great hammerhead
• Lemon
• Nurse
• Oceanic whitetip
• Porbeagle
• Scalloped hammerhead
• Smooth Dogfish
• Smooth hammerhead
• Spinner
• Tiger

• Atlantic angel
• Basking
• Bigeye sandtiger
• Bigeye sixgill
• Bigeye thresher
• Bignose
• Caribbean sharpnose
• Caribbean reef
• Dusky
• Galapagos
• Longfin mako
• Narrowtooth
• Night
• Sandbar
• Sandtiger
• Sevengill
• Shortfin mako
• Silky
• Sixgill
• Smalltail
• Whale
• White sharks

• Atlantic angel
• Basking
• Bigeye sandtiger
• Bigeye sixgill
• Bigeye thresher
• Bignose
• Caribbean sharpnose
• Caribbean reef
• Dusky
• Galapagos
• Longfin mako
• Narrowtooth
• Night
• Sandbar
• Sandtiger
• Sevengill
• Shortfin mako
• Silky
• Sixgill
• Smalltail
• Whale
• White sharks