Posted on 09/08/2019 10:25:50 AM PDT by Capt. Tom
(snip)“The signs are more ferocious,” Wellfleet Director of Community Services Suzanne Grout Thomas said. “We’ve got a scarier shark on the sign. It used to be couched in a little more friendly language. Now it’s basically, sharks hunt in these waters.”“This year, in terms of busyness level, is about the same as the last two years.” In previous years, researchers were only on the water about twice a week. Now, boats are out at least five times a week leading to more sightings, while the number of sharks may not have changed.(snip)
In early August, Newcomb Hollow Beach debuted the first buoy sensor that can detect shark activity. It sits about a quarter of a mile off the coast. If a previously tagged shark swims within 200 yards of the buoy an alert is sent to the lifeguards on duty and visitors are prevented from entering the water. Similar buoys are expected to be implemented at Head of Meadow Beach and Nauset Beach as well.(snip)
More advancement in shark mitigation could be on the way. Researchers at Woods Holes studied at least 25 scenarios that could act as a protection for both humans and sharks from the other.
MassLive reached out to the researchers, but they declined to discuss the report until it was published. The results are scheduled to be released next year.
(Excerpt) Read more at masslive.com ...
Sharks are afraid of orcas. After orcas are detected by sharks, the sharks may avoid that area for as much as a year. Orcas seem to be aware that if they can turn the shark over so that its belly is upward, the shark goes into a tonic state and can't seem to move---making it easy for the orca to rip its liver out, the favored part of the shark.
The many Cape Cod Newspapers that have mentioned the word shark on a daily basis all summer long have not used "shark" since Sept 3, 2019.
That seems like a long time.
Shark is usually mentioned every day, one way or another, especially for beach closings.-Tom
Sharks have so much to teach us.
Four of them have won Nobel Prizes.
“You’re the mayor of SHARK CITY,”
Your posted picture aptly sums up the situation.
They need to “hire Quint” and KILL THEM!
But because of useless, PC “feel good” policies they will refuse to take this necessary action and, to quote Quint: “end upon welfare”.
Too bad, so sad, but that’s the price you pay for not resolutely acting LOGICALLY and putting Great White SHARKS/eating machines, above the health and well-being of HUMAN BEINGS, i.e., your tourist CUSTOMERS.
If someone made a Jaws 5 movie today, it would be about sharks attacking swimmers, and then nobody does anything because they are endangered, so people keep swimming, and more people get killed.
The problem is easily solved.
"AWSC works closely with these entities, along with the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, to produce shark advisory signs for beaches, flags, and brochures that provide education and tips for beach users. Nonetheless, the only way to completely eliminate the risk of an encounter with a shark is to remain on shore."
If Hollyweird made Jaws 5 today, then gay and lesbian sharks would abound and a transgender shark would save mankind.
Chum bag was Yum-Yum Yellow.
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We were down at Pegotty early evening yesterday...no surfers but heard that they are out in force earlier in the day. Big waves.
I was at the Lighthouse at noon today, watching them ride the surf in.
Besides catching the wave they have to avoid the ledge and boulders in the area. - Tom
Speaking of surfers & sharks, when I was stationed in San Pedro, CA in 1983-84 a surfer was practicing his show for an upcoming competition while his GF was photographing his form with a movie camera. - When the film was developed, he nearly had a stroke, as the GF had photographed a LARGE Great White right on the tail of his board.
Had he not ridden the board into very shallow water, he likely would have been taken off the board.
Yours, TMN78247
Locally spotter pilot Wayne Davis has all kinds of aerial shots of clueless paddleboarders, wind surfers and surfboarders very close to white sharks.
You are not going to see the sharks when you are at water level. -Tom
VERY TRUE. - This particular GW was evidently in “hot pursuit” of lunch, as she followed him into not much more than ankle-deep water.
(She was estimated to be at least 13-14 feet, compared to the long board.)
Yours, TMN78247
Gerald “Slick” Wilkins evidently saw (what was VERY LIKELY) that same HUGE Hammerhead this afternoon just before dark, about 250-300M off Port A. = He said that she, “- - - - - was so big & wide that it looked like a passing submarine.”
I suspect that we don’t have TWO Hammers that big near Port Aransas.
(WISHING I could see her & get a long-lasting, tracking & recording tag onto her, too.)
Yours, TMN78247
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