Brave members of a boat crew free a great white shark from a 30 feet
fishing line trailing from a hook in its mouth.

The person who captured this video said: "The line was wrapped around its fins and was cutting deeply into the shark".

The crew knew from experience that if the line was left to trail behind the animal it would snag on anything the shark passed and cut even more deeply into the animal.

With some patience, they waited for the perfect moment to gaff the line, pull it tight, and quickly cut it short enough not to snag on anything else.

The shark hung around the boat for hours afterwards and then eventually swam off freely and unharmed.

In this video you can see the effects humans can have on marine life. This great white shark arrived at our boat with 30 feet of fishing line trailing from a hook in its mouth. The line was wrapped around its fins and was cutting deeply into the shark. The crew knew from experience that if the line was left to trail behind the animal it would snag on anything the shark passed and cut even more deeply into the shark. With some patience, they waited for the perfect moment to gaff the line, pull it tight and quickly cut it short enough not to snag on anything else. The shark hung around the boat for hours afterwards and then eventually swam off freely and unharmed.