Scarborough, Maine (AP) – Rick Cloo spent fishing for shrimp fishes and marine orchins in some four decades before spotting one of the most recognized hunters in the ocean – A. great White shark,
In July, about 8-foot (2.4-meter) shark, seen away from the city of Scarborough, surprised the Cloe, but could not fear the ocean-although he admitted, “I am not sure I would like to go to urinine diving now.”
Sailor, beach and fishermen such as chilli, new England and Atlantic Canada’s chili in water The 1975 film “Jabde.” Apex hunters have a vision in places like mains, where they were once seen very rarely.
Scientists combine the view of white shark to increase the availability of seal on shark feast, and say that the bite of sharks is usually very safe on the beach. Sharks can grow 20 feet (6 meters) longer, although most do not get it.
David Lancaster, a commercial clams in Scarborough, used a drone to take a look at about 12-foot (3.6-meter) sharks near the city’s famous beaches earlier this month. He described the animal to see “luxurious” and “really amazing”. But he also said that the presence of sharks reminded him that swimmers need to be seen out for big fish.
Why are the great white north going?
Cape Cod, Massachusetts have increased rapidly in recent years, and the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy has documented Hundreds More than a decade animal animals. But new data shows that Shark New Hampshire, Main and beyond are also moving north, Greg Scomal said, Massachusetts Department of Marine Fisheries and an experienced White shark researcher with a senior fisheries -lively.
Halifax, Nova Scotia revealed the number of white sharks that increased nearly 2.5 times from 2018 to 2022, according to A paper Published by Scomal and others in May in the maritime ecosystem progress chain. Even on the north side, the number found in the Cabot Strait that separates the Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, almost four times increased, the paper said.
Scomal said that the average habitat in these northern water has also increased from 48 days to 70 days, suggesting that white sharks appear to be rapidly comfortable towards the north.
Scomal stated that a major cause of shift seems to be successful protection of seal from New England and Canada through laws such as the maritime mammal protection act, which has allowed the seal to flourish and provide a food source for hunter sharks.
“This can be a function of a growing hunting base,” the scomal said. “And it will be sealed.”
Sharks are also preserved
Great white sharks also benefit from safety, including a ban on fishing in American federal water which has been standing since 1997. He is still considered weak by the International Union for the protection of nature.
At Massachusetts, the Department of Marine Fishing said that it strengthened its fishing laws after fishermen in 2024, selected to target white sharks anyway. The state banned the use of some types of heavy fishing gear in the coastline areas, where white sharks are the most found.
“We believe here in Massachusetts that it is not a safe practice to target white sharks from the beach,” the scomal said. “Not only because it can result in the death of the shark, but because it can be a public safety issue.”
Despite the shape and strength of the shark, the dangerous encounter between white sharks and humans disappears. According to the International Shark Attack File in the Florida Museum of Natural History, worldwide, recorded in recorded history, there are less than 60 deadly white sharks cutting on humans.
Stay with great white
First recorded Malignant shark attack in main In 2020, a great white shark killed 63 -year -old Julie Dimpeario Holovach from Bailey Island.
Research coordinator Ashley with Atlantic White Shark Conservancy said, “This is a very rare event. But we are providing all this information to reduce human behavior and hopefully it is reducing any negative encounter between humans and sharks.”
The development of social media has made the philosophy of shark viral in recent summer. Called a smartphone app Sugary Also, the shark allows spotter to report his vision.
Lancaster, a surfer, said that living with great whites is just something that people in New England have to adjust.
“It’s crazy that they are around, as fishermen and surfers, and some have to accept us,” Lancaster said. “It is behind your head, but you have to accept it.”
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Associated Press Photo Journalist Robert F. Bukety contributed to this story to Scarborough, Men.