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Fishermen prepare for Vineyard shark tournament

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July 17, 2008

EDGARTOWN, Mass.—Dozens of fishermen are getting ready for a shark tournament off Martha's Vineyard despite protests from animal rights activists.

Organizer Steven James said about 200 boats will head out Friday and Saturday angling for mako, thresher and porbeagle sharks.

The Humane Society of the United States has criticized the tournament as cruel and says the laws protecting sharks aren't strict enough. Town selectmen also have banned the fishermen from using public land to stage the tournament.

James said 24 sharks were caught last year in a tournament with 262 boats. He said the Humane Society is on an "antifishing jihad."

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