In February, 2012 two fisherman in the northern coastal city of Acre caught a 3-meter blue shark in their net.
Omri Gal, a spokesman for the Parks and Nature Authority said at the time that during Israel’s shark season larger than usual numbers of sharks come closer to the country’s shores in areas like Hadera and Ashkelon, where power plants are near the sea.
Gal said the sharks seek out those areas so that they can hunt the fish that swim in the warm waters that stream into the sea from the power plants.
Ben Hartman contributed to this report.