An ideal white shark was not too long ago noticed leaping out of the water to catch a striped bass on a fishing line in Cape Cod Bay.
Shark sightings alongside the Massachusetts coast have been rising in the previous few weeks, as extra of the apex predators transfer north to the area for the summer season and fall. Some Cape seashores have been closed to swimming final week attributable to a number of shark sightings.
While a lot of the shark stories present the animal lurking beneath the water’s floor, a current nice white sighting was a shark leaping into the air.
“White shark jumped and caught our striped bass on the line!” a witness on the fishing boat posted on the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy’s Sharktivity app, together with a photograph of the mid-air shark.
The shark sighting was reported off of Eastham in Cape Cod Bay on Friday night.
Many of the shark stories final week have been alongside the Outer Cape, near shore close to common seashores. That led to the closure of some seashores to swimming.
Wellfleet Lifeguards despatched out a reminder about their shark security protocols following the current shark sightings and shark receiver buoy pings. The lifeguards will first whistle everybody out of the water.
“Lifeguards will fly the black shark flag and red flag to indicate the water is closed due to shark activity,” Wellfleet Lifeguards posted on social media.
“Lifeguards will keep the water closed: for one hour from a confirmed sighting (this is a cape-wide protocol),” they added. “Until we receive an absent message from the receiver buoy (if the message comes in before one hour, we will fly the purple shark flag and a yellow flag letting you know to use caution if you choose to enter the water ); or for as long as lifeguards feel it is necessary based on their judgement and expertise.”
The lifeguards advise beachgoers to concentrate to the flags and lifeguards to know when the water is reopened.
Source: www.bostonherald.com”