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Man Arrested in Washington for Wrestling Protected Sixgill Shark

7/26/2026

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U.S. Connor Seifert was arrested on June 12 after officers filmed him wrestling a sixgill shark.
He pleaded not guilty to one false-statement count and nine fishing counts, facing up to $14,000 in fines and over three years in jail.
Washington state Fish and Wildlife logged 14 complaints that Seifert targeted protected bluntnose sixgill and broadnose sevengill sharks, which the IUCN lists as near threatened and vulnerable.

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Story summary

U.S. Connor Seifert was arrested on June 12 after officers filmed him wrestling a sixgill shark.
He pleaded not guilty to one false-statement count and nine fishing counts, facing up to $14,000 in fines and over three years in jail.
Washington state Fish and Wildlife logged 14 complaints that Seifert targeted protected bluntnose sixgill and broadnose sevengill sharks, which the IUCN lists as near threatened and vulnerable.