[Truthoverpower]

I have a question
how many shark attacks were there in New England in the last hundred years?

And if the answer is I expect it to be which is like one or two or three why do we care so much about tagging sharks ?

[JayGalt]

Data from Global Shark Attack File shows sharks have spent summers in New England decades prior to the first shots of the American Revolution.

The first documented incident occurred in 1751 in Massachusetts. There have been 21 unprovoked incidents involving people and sharks in New England since that time, including one in Rhode Island last month.

Sharks have caused seven fatalities. The most recent came last year when a Revere man was killed while boogie boarding on Newcomb Hollow Beach in Wellfleet. It was the first shark-related death in New England since 1936, according to the data.

All but one of the recorded incidents involved a shark encountering a man. Six more attacks were determined to be provoked, usually an encounter offshore when the animals have been caught by fishermen.

https://www.masslive.com/capecod/2019/08/every-documented-shark-attack-in-new-england-from-man-eating-monsters-in-1751-to-present.html

[Capt. Tom]

I have a question how many shark attacks were there in New England in the last hundred years?

Not many, but here is part of the reason:>br< Remember that New England and Canada are the normal ranges of the white shark and seals. Nothing unusual about either species being here.

For many years Nature was allowed to take its course with Homo sapiens (you and me) doing the killing of both species. White sharks for their trophy jaw$ and meat, and seal$ for the bounty placed on them by Maine and Massachusetts, until the seal bounty ended in 1962. Killing them kept both species at minimal numbers.

Federal protection of both species changed that. More sharks around, more people in the water, expect more conflicts.-Tom

[Capt. Tom]

I have a question how many shark attacks were there in New England in the last hundred years?

Not many, but here is part of the reason:>br< Remember that New England and Canada are the normal ranges of the white shark and seals. Nothing unusual about either species being here.

For many years Nature was allowed to take its course with Homo sapiens (you and me) doing the killing of both species. White sharks for their trophy jaw$ and meat, and seal$ for the bounty placed on them by Maine and Massachusetts, until the seal bounty ended in 1962. Killing them kept both species at minimal numbers.

Federal protection of both species changed that. More sharks around, more people in the water, expect more conflicts.-Tom