Posted on 12/03/2019 9:55:04 AM PST by Capt. Tom
CHATHAM – The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy wrapped up their tagging season a few weeks ago, but researchers still have a lot of work ahead. The winter months bring with them plenty of work to be completed and data to be analyzed. “The winter is actually an incredibly important and productive time for us,” said Megan Winton, a staff scientist with the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy. “Right now we are processing all the videos that we collected over the summer, we are analyzing tagging data that the Division of Marine Fisheries has been collecting over the past almost decade,” she said.
This past tagging season the Conservancy fitted 50 great whites in Cape Cod waters with tracking and data-logging devices and in June they began to conduct new research focused on getting a better understanding of the predatory behavior of white sharks in the region.snip..
“All of the tags that were put out by the Division of Marine Fisheries this summer, they have battery lives of ten years so we will be collecting information on those animals for the next decade,” said Winton.
“We feel that if we can better understand when where and how white sharks attack and kill seals we’ll be able to, perhaps, collect the kinds of information necessary to enhance public safety.”snip..
For more information on the last tagged shark in the area, visit https://www.atlanticwhiteshark.org/.
(Excerpt) Read more at capecod.com ...
As I’ve said before, the “GW TAGGERS” should ask for DONATIONS from other “shark freaks” like me. = To paraphrase a Bible verse: Those who ask NOT, neither do they receive.
FYI, there are a GREAT MANY of us “shark lunatics” out here in the USA & elsewhere in the World, who would HELP pay for a greatly expanded tagging program, if we were asked (even a little) politely. = We learn a little bit of “NEW STUFF” from every shark that is tagged/monitored.
Yours, TMN78247.
Tag ‘em - with several rounds of .45-’70.
The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy is always looking for donations to help out on the tagging on Cape Cod. - Tom
https://www.atlanticwhiteshark.org/.
I’m SURE THAT YOU’RE CORRECT but HOW MANY AMERICANS know ANYTHING about the GROUP or that they NEED tags??
DOWN HERE, I’ve NEVER even seen a FLYER/ARTICLE about that group’s work. = A targeted request to buy tags/equipment, etc. would work, imo.
(ALL that I know about the group, I heard from YOU alone.)
Yours, TMN78247
It might be because they consider it a Massachusetts Div. of Marine Fisheries endeavor that they are supporting, and does not involve other States. - Tom
You may be 1005 CORRECT. = Truthfully, until your GREAT posts, I knew ZILCH about the New England GW tagging programs.
I’ve been VERY INTERESTED IN (some would say: “crazed over”) & studying sharks & rays for over 6 decades.
(When other boys of my age were “interested in” dinosaurs, I was “the weird kid” who was “SHARK CRAZY”. = My mother said that my longtime/abiding interest was like having a child who was “NUTS” over rats & mice.)
Yours, TMN78247
TX Master Naturalist & SHARK HUNTER
Well we af into wanter up here in Mass. and you can safely go swimming in the Carolinas- or can you?
Sharks are showing up off the Carolinas as winter approaches
by Associated Press
Monday, December 9th 2019
AA
Researchers said the southeastern coast is a winter hot spot for sharks. Ocearch founder Chris Fischer said the area off Cape Hatteras is, “A staging area for migration.” (MGN image)
CAPE HATTERAS, Dare County — Great white sharks are showing up off the Carolina coast as winter approaches.
The Charlotte Observer reported Monday that 10 great whites have been recorded off the North Carolina and South Carolina coast in recent weeks.
They include one that’s almost 15 feet long and weighs more than 1,300 pounds.
The group Ocearch tags the sharks with GPS trackers that “ping” each time they surface.
Researchers said the southeastern coast is “a winter hot spot” for sharks. Ocearch founder Chris Fischer said the area off Cape Hatteras is “a staging area for migration” in the fall and spring.
By the time that the GW arrive in Carolina waters, the tourists are GONE.
Out primary SOUTHERN maneaters are TIGERS & they are around all the time that the tourists are here.
(We also have some VERY LARGE Hammers during “tourist season”, too.)
As I’ve said, a TIGER killed a swimmer “in our family’s front yard” at OAK ISLAND, 3 years ago in about waist-deep water about 40M from the dry land.
Yours, TMN78247
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