MANILA, Philippines - Fishermen trawling for mackerel off Masbate near Donsol in Sorsogon instead caught an extremely rare shark and cooked it Bicol style, the World Wide Fund for Nature-Philippines (WWF-Philippines) revealed yesterday.

WWF-Philippines revealed that local fishermen caught a four-meter-long, 500-kilogram megamouth shark last March 30 along the eastern coast of Burias Island.

The group said the shark was retrieved and cooked “kinunot-style” (with coconut milk, malunggay leaves and chili) by the locals.

“Rarest of all sharks, the megamouth (Megachasma pelagios) is a fairly recent scientific discovery, with just over 40 recorded encounters worldwide,” WWF-Philippines said

Rare Shark caught


sayang for the big, poor fish, but seems a bit fitting for Lent. i myself have no yet eaten anything kinunot.

fuk them, these fukers should be jailed and fined 100b$$$ for killing a rare species! that should set an example not to fuk with these endangered animals...