[Capt. Tom]

There may be some Freepers up and down the East Coast interested in the white sharks traveling that route. "Mary Lee" is a tagged white shark has been the subject of much publicity this winter as the travels of that tagged white are reported daily in different papers and blogs along the East Coast.
This is some background on the East Coast white shark tagging some may be interested in discussing.

[Fiji Hill]

How does one actually tag a white shark? Is a rod and reel used?

[JimRed]

Why spend all that keeping track of vermin? Is the northeast seal population in that much need of thinning?

[Capt. Tom]

Tracking shows the tagged white shark Mary Lee has left the northern Florida area and has come northward into the colder waters north of Cape Hatteras, around January 23rd. She has been in water in the 40s for the last 10 days or so.

She entered colder water off Cape Hatteras but stayed in it and continued northward to Long Is. NY, then went east passing about 55 miles south of Martha's Vineyad.
Right now (Feb.4th) she is on the edge of the continental shelf about 220 miles east of Nantucket Is. and 125 mi South of Nova Scotia.

I have maintained for a long time, whites are cool water sharks and cold water sharks if they want to be. So I am glad Mary Lee voluntarily leaves the warmer water to the other white sharks and is up here with us in the winter.
She moves along about 2.5 kts so she can cover a lot of distance, on a daily basis.

We usually don't see whites at Chatham Mass.until he Spring/summer/fall so Mary Lee can cover a lot of ocean territory before then. If, in fact she decides to return to Chatham Mass. for some seal meals.
That's what taggings all about; to show us what we don't know.

Follow her travels at http://sharks-ocearch.verite.com/ - Tom