Mark the Shark
1900 Sunset Harbour Drive
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Phone: 305.759.JAWS
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Driving directions
From Eastbound on 395 to Mark the Shark:
• At the end of 395 (A1A Causeway), bear left over the bridge
to Alton Rd.
• Continue North on Alton Road.
• Turn Left (West) on 17th Street.
• Turn Right (North) on Sunset
Harbour Drive.
• The Mark the Shark is located at 1900
Sunset Harbour Drive.
User
reviews
Mark the Shark "Anti
Conservationist and Rapist of Natural Resources"
Date: May 18, 2005
Reviewer: Miami Beach 411 User, Miami , FL
The most self serving and anti-conservationist charter fishing captain
in South Florida (if not the world) Mark "The Shark" Quartianno.
This person is a pariah in the South Florida Sportfishing Community
and is vilified for his Blatantly anti-conservationist practices
of killing everything that his charters catch. He is a Dealer in
Death, reveling in the gory spectacle of hanging indescriminately
on a daily basis Multiple Sailfish, Marlin, and Sharks (Some of
those sharks being Federally Protected Species), and other "Big
Game" Species from his boat and the "Trophy Board"
at his dock, All in the name of Self promotion. These are all species
which should be released...there is no need to kill them as their
food value is marginal at best and if a Fish Mount is desired,all
that is needed for the taxidermist to produce a replica mount is
estimated length and girth measurements. Mark The Shark knows this
and still kills everything that is caught. nealy every fish he kills
goes to waste.
Captains in South Florida regard his practices as unethical and
destructive to the valuable resource to the community that our fish
stocks represent to the community....Hundreds of Millions of Dollars
are generated for a huge variety of businesses from fishing in South
Florida and that very resource is what draws Tens of Thousands of
Visitors every year to our community. This guy has absolutely no
respect for that from which he derives his living.
Mark the Shark has a checkered history including Criminal Charges
for the attempted illegal sale of Atlantic Sailfish, a fish which
enjoys game Fish Status and may not be sold, and the illegal Possession
of Sea Turtle, another protected species.
There was a recent Article in the Miami New Times exposing unsavory
practices of this individual: here online adress of the Article:
http://miaminewtimes.com/issues/2005-05-05/news/korten.html
I strongly urge you not to patronize this man's business.
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