HomeThe BuzzThe Atlantic White Shark Conservancy ID'd How Many Great Whites This Season?!?!
The Buzz

The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy ID’d How Many Great Whites This Season?!?!

Christian Winthrop
By Christian Winthrop
1
Brady White Shark

The 2015 Atlantic white shark research season officially wrapped up on November 3rd and the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy, working with Dr. Greg Skomal of the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, announced that they identified 120 great white sharks this season in the waters off of Cape Cod (80+ new and 40 recaps).  24 white sharks were tagged, there were 3 white shark strandings, one successful rescue, and the team captured the first image of a white shark breaching off the coast of Cape Cod while hunting seals!

—

Wait a second. Wait just one damn second? 120?!?!?! And those were only the ones they could find. Umm. we have a lot of great white sharks.

Cool! 🙂

great white shark seal cape cod

Great White Wellfleet Beach
credit: Jack Cohen Photography

Great White Shark Monomy

Can’t wait to see what the 2016 season brings!!!!

Previous article
RIP Ron Viveiros
Next article
10 Fun Events Around Newport, RI This Weekend
Christian Winthrop
Christian Winthrop
Christian Winthrop is a media publisher and journalist and the founder and editor of Newport Buzz, the leading news platform covering Newport, Rhode Island. He is also the creator of Palm Beach Buzz, expanding the same community-focused journalism model to South Florida. A fifth-generation Newporter, Winthrop previously worked in national politics and later as an entertainment producer in New York City before returning home to launch Newport Buzz in 2011.
RELATED ARTICLES

Most Popular

Load more