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A beachside community is in uproar after footage surfaced of a man allegedly catching and killing an endangered and protected grey nurse shark.
The video was taken along the rocky coastline on Terrigal Haven, on NSW's Central Coast, and recently circulated among shocked locals.
It showed the unnamed man standing in just his board shorts as he held the creature by its tail before celebrating the catch.
The species is considered 'critically endangered' by the NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) and was caught at one of the few spots where they feed and reproduce.
They are renowned for their placid nature and fewer than 3,000 remain along the nation's east coast and have a 'very low potential for population recovery'.
A local community has been left furious after a man was caught on camera allegedly catching and killing a critically endangered grey nurse shark (pictured)
Witnesses said they saw the shark, which was almost the same size as the man, being hauled over rocks
