The Busan Maritime Police Agency reported that at around 6:30 a.m. on the 22nd, they discovered a shark carcass at the waters off the front of the pier in Bongnae-dong, Yeongdo District, Busan, and retrieved it.
The shark, measuring 3 meters in length and weighing 100 kilograms, has been identified as a white belly hammerhead shark.
The white belly hammerhead shark is classified as a species with low aggressiveness.
The maritime police discovered the shark while conducting a sea patrol, and it was already dead at the time of discovery.
A maritime police official noted, "There were no signs of being captured, and it appears the shark carcass was pushed in by the current and discovered at sea."
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