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Makos are rarely seen in West Coast waters, said Dr. Steve Strand, director of the University of California, Los Angeles, Ocean Discovery Center.

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"The non-stop pace of illegal fishing virtually guarantees that the entire fishery will collapse in less than five years unless we take immediate action," said Dr. Steve Strand, director of UCLA's Ocean Discovery Center.
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"Forty years ago we used to see great big fish, now we see little tiny fish," said Steve Strand, director of the Ocean Discovery Center at the University of California at Los Angeles.

State officials are considering no fishing zones not only for Channel Islands but also throughout the state.The commission is scheduled to vote in August on the reserves surrounding Channel Islands National Park, while a decision on a statewide plan isn't expected until next year.

Declining species, including rockfish and abalone, have fueled calls by environmental groups and many biologists to establish the reserves.

Makos are rarely seen in West Coast waters, said Dr. Steve Strand, director of the University of California, Los Angeles, Ocean Discovery Cen

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Makos are rarely seen in West Coast waters, said Dr. Steve Strand, director of the University of California, Los Angeles, Ocean Discovery Center.

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Makos are rarely seen in West Coast waters, said Dr. Steve Strand, director of the University of California, Los Angeles, Ocean Discovery Center.

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Makos are rarely seen in West Coast waters, said Dr. Steve Strand, director of the University of California, Los Angeles, Ocean Discovery Center.

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Dr. Steve Strand, director of UCLA's Ocean Discovery Center in Santa Monica, said the mako Miller caught was "on the very large size."

Makos, he said, are seen relatively frequently in the open ocean in this area, and are second in number only to blue sharks.

The sharks usually stay in open waters and are not generally considered dangerous to people because they feed on fish such as mackerel and bonito.

"They don't look at people like a white shark does and think `Food,"' Strand said.

He added that the capture of the shark off Santa Monica Bay isn't an indication that they are increasing in number.

"It means there's one fewer," he said.

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