Overview

• A 4.07‑meter female bluntnose sixgill shark was found dead on August 29 at Can Pere Antoni beach in Palma.
• Fundación Palma Aquarium specialists recovered the carcass and carried out the first examinations.
• Expert Xisca Pujol said the neck injury was a deep, clean cut with defined edges consistent with a heavy cutting impact, not a bite.
• The precise cause of death has not been confirmed, though the expert’s leading hypothesis is entanglement in fishing nets, with further analysis ongoing.
• A comparable sixgill stranding was documented in 2019 at Puerto Portals, and the deep‑water species is known to be caught as bycatch, which has fueled public concern after videos spread on social media.