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Hundreds of dead sharks and fish wash up on two beaches in Wales

The Guardian · May 27, 2026, 3:40 PM · Also reported by 1 other source

Key takeaways

  • Cefn Sidan beach in Carmarthenshire, where a net full of dogfish was found last weekend.
  • Prefer the Guardian on Google Hundreds of dead sharks and fish believed to be part of a discarded catch have washed up on two Welsh beaches.
  • Dog walkers found a full net of dogfish, also known as catsharks, on Carmarthenshire’s Cefn Sidan on Saturday.

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Cefn Sidan beach in Carmarthenshire, where a net full of dogfish was found last weekend. Photograph: Garey Lennox/Alamy View image in fullscreen Cefn Sidan beach in Carmarthenshire, where a net full of dogfish was found last weekend. Photograph: Garey Lennox/Alamy Wales Hundreds of dead sharks and fish wash up on two beaches in Wales Local conservationist says a fishing boat hoping for a more commercial catch may have thrown them overboard

Prefer the Guardian on Google Hundreds of dead sharks and fish believed to be part of a discarded catch have washed up on two Welsh beaches.

Dog walkers found a full net of dogfish, also known as catsharks, on Carmarthenshire’s Cefn Sidan on Saturday. A few days earlier, hundreds of dead sharks and fish had been found on Saundersfoot beach in neighbouring Pembrokeshire.

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