| Order: Lamniformes Family: Alopiidae Genus: Alopias Rafinesque, 1810 Alopias vulpinus (Bonnaterre, 1788) En: Thresher shark - Du: Voshaai |
Rare species in Dutch coastal waters, where it only has been found in summer and autumn (Nijssen & de Groot, 1987, p. 54; Nijssen, 2001, p. 33).
Angling data:
| August 1995 | According to a newspaper-report in 'de Telegraaf' dated 7 August 1995, a specimen with a length of 153 cm was obtained by an angler in Molengat (de Jong & Verhulst, 1995, p. 87). |
Fisheries data:
| May 1998 | Specimen with a length of 4 m and a weight of 203 kg caught by the Dutch vessel SH19, no further details (EcoMare, 2001). |
| May 1998 | Thresher shark with a length of 4 m caught by the pair fishing Dutch vessels SC10/SC35, no further details (EcoMare, 2001). |
| May 1998 | Thresher shark with a length of 3.6 m and a weight of 200 kg caught by the German vessel NC304, 15 miles off shore, no further details (EcoMare, 2001). |
| September 1997 | Specimen with a length of 4.5 m and a weight of 350 kg caught by the twin fishing Dutch vessels SL7/SL45 in Diepe Gat near Texel island (EcoMare, 2001). |
| October 1995 | A threshers shark with a weight of 200 kg was caught just off shore by the pair fishing Dutch vessels OD6/OD8, no further details (Rotterdams Dagblad, 25 October 1995; EcoMare, 2001). |
| October 1995 | Specimen with a weight of 300 kg caught by the Dutch vessel TH43 in the southern North Sea, no further details (Rotterdams Dagblad, 25 October 1995; EcoMare, 2001). |
| October 1995 | A number of smaller thresher sharks have been caught within a few weeks period off the Dutch coast by fishing vessels, no further details (Rotterdams Dagblad, 25 October 1995; EcoMare, 2001). |
| 9 June 1995 | An immature female with a total length of 161 cm (fork length 79 cm) was caught 6-7 miles off the coast of Walcheren [51°30'N, 3°40'E] at a depth of less than 12 m (de Jong & Verhulst, 1995, p. 83, fig. 1). |
| August, 1990 | According to a newspaper-report in 'de Telegraaf' dated 1 September 1990, a specimen with a length of 6 m was captured near the Dutch coast. The shark was sold to the wholesale trade and consumed (de Jong & Verhulst, 1995, p. 84). |
| August, 1986 | Northwest off Schouwen, no further details (Nijssen & de Groot, 1987, p. 54). |
| 1983 | Thresher shark caught in the Dutch part of the North Sea, no further details (EcoMare, 2001). |
| 21 September 1971 | Juvenile specimen with a total length of 140 cm (fork length 62 cm) caught 4 miles off Scheveningen by the pair trawling Dutch vessels UK142/UK236 (de Groot, 1972: p. 29, photo p. 28; de Groot, 1979: p. 429, photo p. 430). |
| 1959 | Two thresher sharks caught in the Dutch part of the North Sea, no further details (EcoMare, 2001). |
| 1958 | Two thresher sharks caught in the Dutch part of the North Sea, no further details (EcoMare, 2001). |
| July 1951 | Off Noordwijk, no further details (Nijssen & de Groot, 1987, p. 54). |
| 1948 | Thresher shark caught in the Dutch part of the North Sea, no further details (EcoMare, 2001). |
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