Is this the fish that should have gotten away?

Record or no,shouldn't this shark have been returned to the sea alive?a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1195402/Fisherman-catches-record-breaking-shark-coast-Ireland--lands-ethical-throwback-storm.html" rel="nofollow"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-…/a