A real Great White! First ever albino all-white SHARK to be caught off Britain is snared near Isle of Wight

 

  •  Jason Gillespie, 50, was deep-sea fishing when he caught the  3ft all-white shark
  •  The shark is leucistic, a condition which means it lost all the pigment in its skin
  • Jason quickly snapped some photos before realeasing back into the water 

 The first ever albino all-white shark caught off Britain has been snared - near the Isle Of Wight.

Jason Gillespie, 50, was deep-sea fishing with some friends  on Tuesday when he caught a 3ft tope shark that was entirely white.

The shark is leucistic, a condition which means it lost all the pigment in its skin.

Jason, from Waterlooville, Hampshire, would usually of immediately released a tope shark - but reeled this one on board so he could take a few snaps, before letting it go.

Shop fitter Jason Gillespie, 50, caught the all-white shark near Isle of Wight

Shop fitter Jason Gillespie, 50, caught the all-white shark near Isle of Wight

The shop fitter said: 'I've been fishing for 30 years and I've never seen one like that. apparently it's a condition where the pigment dies out of the skin colour.

'It's similar to an albino, but they have red eyes generally.

'I caught it on Tuesday, off the Isle of Wight - what're the chances? I have no idea. It's the fish of a lifetime, one in a million.

'I've certainly never seen one, it's been on Facebook since Tuesday and no one else has come forward and said they have caught one.

'I heard of one person from Wales who caught one years ago but it was much smaller, about 6lb.

'I think generally if they lose their colour they struggle to survive because they don't have the same camouflage and they can't hunt as effectively and they get picked up by predators.

'With tope, they are a protected species, so we unhook them in the water, but the minute we saw this one I shouted to my mate to grab the net and knew I needed to get some photos of it so we pulled her on board and took some pictures.

'We released her as quick as possible, she was only on the boat for less than a minute.'

The tope shark feed on a variety of fish species, crustaceans or cephalopods, and can travel huge distances.

They are often found in the UK and can travel from Britain all the way to the Canary Islands. 


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