Sharks are back in a big way in New England | Rhode Island PBS Weekly

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The population of great white sharks in New England is booming thanks to environmental protections put in place decades ago. The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy identified more than 800 individual sharks over a four year period.

That marine conservation success story may come at a cost to beachgoers, as biologists say most sharks tend to feed in water that is less than 15 feet deep.

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  • @iangill8984
    I live in 'old' England and one of the great mysteries is the fact around our coasts are many seal colonies but never a confirmed sighting of Great Whites. We also have very few Orca's living around our coasts.
  • @Jean-kp6cu
    Dr. Greg Skomal is so knowledgeable about sharks after decades studying them. Saying WSC is lucky to have his assistance taging all those hundreds of Great Whites is an understatement.
  • @CA-lf7jt
    I’m pretty sure Dr Skomal said in one of his interviews when asked if he lets his kids in the water and he said” don’t go out past your knees” and the funny part of that was shark week that te guy almost lost his life when bitten on camera on leg by bull shark, maybe at knee depth.i love Dr S!! He and jaws and shark week have inspired me too
  • @craigieplaysstuff
    The ones up here don't bite people, I know this from in person experience
  • @WayneMacLean-lj8lb
    It is only a matter of time someone else in Massachusetts gets chewed up by a shark because more and more of them are coming to feed on the seals and anything they can catch. And then you have sharks that people in boats are throwing fish guts and meat in the water to attract sharks to the boat to see and take pictures of. The water is the sharks home. And they have more of a right to be in the ocean swimming around then humans do. But it is bad for the person who gets killed or bit by a shark. But millions go in the ocean every summer. And it is still rare to have a person get attacked. But it has more of a effect in long term memory then hearing man get stabbed 25 times that lived on your street. That you after a week or so forget about. But going to a beach that there was a shark attack people remember it every time they go in the ocean.