Two Great White Sharks Tagged Off Massachusetts

[maverick]

Just heard on the news that there R 5 great whites around the area.

[navyhmc]

Great... The great white sharks are now forming their own gang!

[jet126]

From what I remember (which isn't a lot) from past lectures on whites is that they are pelagic fish who pretty much roam the entire planet. But there are normal migration patterns and hot spots where they tend to concentrate: off the coast of Calif, South Africa and Australia. Places where there is plenty of food available.

There is still so much we don't know. I'm sure scientists are scrambling to figure out why so many are showing up in New England all of a sudden. I just read a third was tagged yesterday ...

[petronius]

Originally Posted by navyhmc

Great... The great white sharks are now forming their own gang!

There's gonna be trouble when the Jets hear about this...

[navyhmc]

Originally Posted by jet126

From what I remember (which isn't a lot) from past lectures on whites is that they are pelagic fish who pretty much roam the entire planet. But there are normal migration patterns and hot spots where they tend to concentrate: off the coast of Calif, South Africa and Australia. Places where there is plenty of food available.

There is still so much we don't know. I'm sure scientists are scrambling to figure out why so many are showing up in New England all of a sudden. I just read a third was tagged yesterday ...

Not only are they migratory, they will make some very impressive travels. Some that have been found near the GBR were tagged off Cali. But the ones in the atlantic seems to favor the southern waters. The favorite prey is seals and the like. Not a lot of semi-aquatic mammals along the eastern sea board.

[maverick]

There R seals where they R hunting now, and getting real close 2 shore also.

[TommyD]

If you download the latest version of Google Earth, there are a couple Great Whites tagged off the California coast that you can follow. They also have different species of whales, including a Sperm Whale in the Gulf of Mexico that really covers the entire Gulf

[MSilvia]

Water temps have been unusually high in the area lately (70 degrees as far north as New Hampshire and parts of southern Maine), and that, combined with a growing population of gray seals around the Chatham area has presumably enticed these (unusual but not unheard of) sharks to stay a while.

Some years there may be a sighting or two, but it's not at all typical to have multiple large great whites in the area.

Generally speaking, they stay south of Cape Cod and out of Massachusetts Bay. Not always, but generally.

[Damselfish]

news this morning said they've tagged 5 now.

[TommyD]

So what does this mean? It means stay your a$$ out of the water near Cape Cod!