Posted on Jun 4, 2021
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Cape Cod’s great white shark numbers increase with researchers tagging more of the predators than...
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The population of Atlantic great white sharks around Massachusetts’ Cape Cod peninsula has increased significantly, researchers say.
A total of 118 individual great white sharks were detected in 2020 off the coast by the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy, up from only 11 in 2013.
And the total number of recorded shark detections in the same period has jumped from 10,803 to 134,631.
Scientists say that back in 2010 only three acoustic receivers were used, compared to 65 last year.
“It’s important to remember that the receivers can only detect sharks tagged with acoustic transmitters, and there are still a lot of white sharks out there that haven’t been tagged,” Megan Winton, research scientist with the AWSC, told the Boston Herald.
The population of Atlantic great white sharks around Massachusetts’ Cape Cod peninsula has increased significantly, researchers say.
A total of 118 individual great white sharks were detected in 2020 off the coast by the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy, up from only 11 in 2013.
And the total number of recorded shark detections in the same period has jumped from 10,803 to 134,631.
Scientists say that back in 2010 only three acoustic receivers were used, compared to 65 last year.
“It’s important to remember that the receivers can only detect sharks tagged with acoustic transmitters, and there are still a lot of white sharks out there that haven’t been tagged,” Megan Winton, research scientist with the AWSC, told the Boston Herald.
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SGT (Join to see) I Don't have many Hard and Fast Rules but when I'm Diving and I See Seals, I'm Out of the Water. Great White Sharks eat Seals and I Look Like a Very Anorexic Seal.
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