There will be a few sharks around into December and possibly one or two white sharks that will stay around all winter.
Nobody got killed or injured this season by a white shark, although there were plenty of them around.
The shark season will begin again this coming end of May or early June, 2022.
A lot more white sharks could have been tagged, but money is a limiting factor. -Tom
Are they tasty? Cod sharks?
Someday I hope they allow public access to live shark tracking. Or maybe they already do.
Here in Australia it’s Great White Shark season 24/7/365.
Where I grew up, Bull sharks in the river were the biggest danger and Great Whites were unheard of. Now there has been several Great White attacks over the past couple of years.
It’s good to see their numbers recover (I don’t want them to go extinct) but it does add to the pucker factor swimming at an un-netted beach these days.
Capt. Tom, I’m going to admit not knowing much about sharks other than they are dangerous to most humans.
What is this ‘Shark Season’ about?
Is it just to reduce their numbers in a certain area?
Sometimes wolves, feral hogs or adult pythons are hunted for that reason. I thought shark meat was poisonous to people.
“We tell them they can’t always see the sharks, and there might not be a sighting notification on the app,” Long said. “So we tell them to proceed with caution no matter what.”
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“Amity”, as you know, means “friendship “.