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.
It can be prepared so it isn’t.
Many ‘cheaper’ brands of frozen scallops and other seafood are actually shark meat.
About 15 years ago white sharks started showing up on the easterly Cape Cod beaches of Chatham, Orleans,Eastham.Wellfleet and Truro.
Prior to this both the seals and white shark were practically nonexistent in that area. But the Federal Govt. gave both species protection many years before, and the seal population exploded and the white sharks came in to eat them.
So every year more and more white sharks come into our area.
We now have a white shark season, and it runs from early June until the end of December.
It primarily affects bathers, swimmers, surfers, paddleboarders, Kayakers, or just about anyone who is in, on, or under the ocean waters. -Tom