A sandbar shark bit a man off the coast of Nantucket Sunday evening as he tried to release it after reeling it in.

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“Sandbar sharks are not an aggressive species,” he added, noting that it typically takes the shark to be provoked by a fisherman. “It’s a wake-up call for fishermen.” The Nantucket Current first reported on the incident near Hoicks Hollow Sunday night.