Blue Marlin is disqualified due to mutilation caused by a shark or other marine animal," tournament officials said in a statement shared to Facebook on Sunday. "After careful deliberation and discussions between the Big Rock Rules Committee and Board of Directors with biologists from both NC State CMAST and NC Marine Fisheries biologists as well as an IGFA official, it was determined that Sensation's 619.4 lb. Tournament officials said the marlin could not be considered eligible because it appeared that a shark had taken a bite out of the fish before it was caught. But the crew did not win the tournament, nor did team members receive any monetary reward, despite the blue marlin's size. Sensation's crew would have received $2.77 million for taking first place and another $739,500 for catching the first fish of the year that weighed more 500 pounds, CBS Sports reported. The team, called Sensation, had competed alongside more than 200 other groups in the the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament on Sunday, and their catch - a blue marlin weighing 619.4 pounds - would have won prize money totalling about $3.5 million. Members of a competitive fishing crew are filing a protest after their enormous catch was disqualified from a tournament in North Carolina because of a shark bite. Fishermen lose out on winning catch after it turns out a chunk of it was missing Fishermen lose out on winning catch after it turns out a chunk of it was missing 02:00
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