A girl watches as a dead 4-5-foot shark is hauled from the beach June 1. The shark apparently washed ashore near Palm Avenue in Anna Maria. Public works disposed of the carcass in a city-owned dumpster. Brent Winner, associate research scientist with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said, “the placement of the first dorsal and the head” suggest it to be a sandbar shark, and sandbar sharks are a prohibited catch in Florida waters. Islander Photo Courtesy Sandee Pruett
