Lamna nasus from the Dutch North Sea region

Order: Lamniformes
Family: Lamnidae
Genus: Lamna Cuvier, 1816

Lamna nasus (Bonnaterre, 1788)
En: Porbeagle - Du: Haringhaai

Uncommon species in the Dutch North Sea region, mainly found from June till October (Nijssen & de Groot, 1987, p. 55; Nijssen, 2001, p. 35).

Stranding data:

13 October 1984	Male with a total length of 188 cm washed ashore on the beach near Wassenaarse Slag. The shark was in perfect condition (Adema, 1987, p. 78, photo on p. 79).
30 November 1950	Male with a total length of 177 cm washed ashore on the beach near Bloemendaal (Adema, 1987, p. 78).
8 January 1946	Specimen with an estimated length of 175 cm washed ashore on the beach of Terschelling island. The shark was in an advanced state of decomposition (Adema, 1987, p. 77).

Fisheries data:

16 September 1999	Specimen with a length of 2 m and a weight of 149 kg caught by the Dutch vessel GO14 (EcoMare, 2001).
October 1994	Porbeagle with a weight of 93 kg caught by the Dutch vessel GO48 in the North Sea area known as Walbank (EcoMare, 2001).
12 July 1979	Specimen with an estimated length of 180 cm caught at West Hinder (de Groot, 1979, p. 427).
May 1954	According to a newspaper-report in 'het Parool' dated 21 May 1954, a porbeagle with a length of 330 cm was caught in the Schelde (Oosterschelde ?) and landed in Bergen op Zoom (Adema, 1987, p. 78).

Other data:

December 1949	Report without further details (Adema, 1987, p. 78).
July 1949	Report without further details (Adema, 1987, p. 78).