[Capt. Tom]

I grew up on the cape... lived there until I was 19. Is it really true that it’s unsafe to swim in the ocean now? I learned to swim in the North Atlantic. Nobody was afraid of great white attacks in the 70’s and 80’s even after Jaws came out.

The Seal population in Mass. has exploded from a dozen so years ago to approx 50,000 statewide. They are protected by the Federal Govt.

The white sharks feed on seals and Cape Cod now has tens of thousands of SEALS that the white sharks target for a meal.

Spotter pilots flying close to shore along the easterly side of the Cape see 10 or more white sharks a day during the summer.

I would say it is unsafe to swim in those beaches during the summer , from Chatham to Provincetown especially.

This white shark problem is spreading throughout all Mass. waters and coastal New England.-Tom

[CollegeRepublican]

Any thoughts on the accusation that OCEARCH’s methods are not good for the sharks? I know that in Delaware, you are not allowed to take a shark out of the water while surf fishing. Their internal organs can be crushed when hoisted up on OCEARCH’s lift mechanism?

Any call to cull the seals? Seems like as long as you have the prey, you will have the predators. As a surfer I am not excited to see more and more seals on my beach every winter. Stay up in New England!

[rlmorel]

I took this picture maybe four years ago from a small plane my wife and I hired to give us a low altitude tour of Cape Cod, this was near Chatham:

The picture didn't do justice to what I saw. I have spent a good deal of time on Cape Cod, and had no idea the seal population was so bloated and huge.

Not like that.

It seemed like miles of deserted beach that were full of seals 10 deep, not just this one little frame I took.

I have no doubt. Those sharks are going to go where they can eat lots of seals.