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.