Posted on 10/07/2019 10:05:35 AM PDT by Capt. Tom
CHATHAM – The 2019 shark tagging research season off Cape Cod is winding down, but plenty of great white sharks remain off the coast.
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“The goal today was to get out and tag a couple sharks and we were able to get four tagged,” he said. “It was a really productive day from our perspective. The more tags we’ve got out the more we are learning about these fish.” The four tags brought the season total up to 37, which is a record for the team....snip
“Just because you may not see our boat on the water one day because there are northeasterly winds and a big swell and a lot of chop and it’s ugly it doesn’t the sharks aren’t there either,” he said. “You’ve gone back to school, but the sharks remain through September, through October.”
“Sharks will move out generally by mid-November, but some will stick around through as late as mid-December,” he said. ...snip
The team has more than 70 data receivers in its array, but the state also employs more than 100 monitoring white sharks and other species that have been tagged with similar technology....snip
“The events of last year were a bit of a wakeup call for everyone, and I think people have modified their behavior,” Skomal said. “I think everybody is communicating, which is important. The towns are communicating with us, we’re communicating with the park service. Everyone is working together to find the best way forward.” Skomal said actions to prevent attacks are primarily through education and being prepared for an attack event. “I think the vigilance has certainly stepped up, and people are paying attention,” he said.
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White supremacists.
I guess that’s why the SJW media has dropped the “Great”.
Nothing white can be great...
Wicked Local Cape Cod, Oct 9, 2019 -
EASTHAM – The fix may or may not be in, but the report is.
The superintendent of the Seashore Brian Carlstrom and representatives of the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy will host a community meeting at Nauset Regional High School, 100 Cable Road, Eastham, to hear a presentation from the Woods Hole Group on its shark mitigation alternatives analysis report.
The meeting will begin at 6 p.m., a notice on the Truro town web site says.
Cape Cod National Seashore staff, town administrators and managers, AWSC staff, local elected officials and Massachusetts Commonwealth legislative members will hear remarks from the public and respond to questions following the presentation.
My bet is on kicking the can down the road.
The Towns have paid money for suggestions and I hope some are forthcoming.
I was hoping you would spend that afternoon surfing and go to the meeting that night to keep us up to date.
I would join you at the meeting, except I will be in Bermuda having a pina colada with a rum floater at that time. Some sacrifices are necessary.-Tom
JONES FISH HOUSE on OAK ISLAND, NC is justly famous in that region for very fresh fish of all sorts & “dressed to order”, when the customer decides which sort of fish that they want and how they want it prepared.
There is a note in their menu that requests that “especial cuts of shark” be pre-ordered at least 4 hours ahead, as they marinate all of their shark before cooking it in what looks & tastes quite like their “House Italian Dressing”..
NOTE: MY personal favorite is SHARK STEAK “seared over live coals” & it’s GREAT. - JONES’ also SOMETIMES has GREAT Wahoo charcoaled steaks, cut to order.
(20-24 ounces is my “usual order” for fish steaks.- With a GREAT steak of that size, I eat no “sides” other than “hot bread”, butter & a drink.)
Yours, TMN78247
A lot of people eat shark and tuna seared on both sides and raw in the middle.
I like it cooked all the way through. -Tom
Fwiw, I prefer my shark steaks about RARE to MEDIUM RARE. = No RAW shark, tuna or other fish for me, please.
(I do NOT eat RAW seafood, as I once became VERY ill, about 3 decades ago in New Orleans, from consuming RAW fish. = ONCE cured me of that foolishness.)
Frankly, I’m not at all sure exactly how Jones Fish House cooks the thick/marinated shark steaks (I’ve neither been in their kitchen nor inquired.) but I was told that the steaks are first seared over live coals & then “finished” to the desired degree of doneness.
Should you ever visit Oak Island, I recommend JONES FISH HOUSE as a GREAT place to eat. = For fresh seafood, it’s hard to beat fish that were alive/swimming in the “live tank” when they were ordered by a customer.
Yours, TMN78247
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