A shark was reportedly noticed off a North Shore seashore, sparking a warning from Massachusetts officers with lifeguards not looking out at state-managed seashores.
While a lot of the native shark exercise is concentrated round Cape Cod throughout the summer season and fall, officers on Monday reported {that a} shark was seen off Nahant.
“DCR advises beachgoers that a shark has been spotted off of Nahant Beach Reservation in Nahant,” the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation tweeted.
“Purple flags have been posted in warning, but we urge caution as lifeguard services have concluded for the season,” DCR added.
After Labor Day, DCR ends waterfront providers for the season — together with lifeguard providers — at inland and coastal seashores throughout the Bay State.
Meanwhile alongside the Cape, shark buoys at Wellfleet’s Newcomb Hollow Beach and LeCount Hollow Beach will probably keep within the water till October, climate allowing.
“Lifeguards are not there to let patrons know about pings, but you can check them yourself through the Sharktivity app to see if there is a tagged shark at the beach you are visiting,” Wellfleet Lifeguards posted on social media.
Sharktivity is a shark sighting and useful resource app developed by the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy.
One of the Cape’s real-time acoustic receivers on the Sharktivity app on Tuesday recorded a terrific shark detection of “SPC Brian Arsenault,” a 13-foot male tagged in September 2014.
“White shark ‘Spc. Brian Arsenault’ is back right on schedule for an 8th year,” tweeted MA Sharks, which is run by native shark knowledgeable John Chisholm, who confirms shark sightings for the Sharktivity app. “It was named in honor of Brian who was KIA on 9-4-2014 in Afghanistan, the same day this shark was tagged.”
While August is the busiest shark month within the area, September is the runner-up because the second most energetic Cape shark month, in accordance with shark detection information from latest years of tagged white sharks.
Last 12 months, the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy reported greater than 63,000 shark detections throughout August. That’s adopted by September (33,775 shark detections), October (31,023 shark detections) after which July (17,841 shark detections).
Up in Maine, the Sharktivity app reported a shark sighting off of York Beach on Monday. A small white shark was noticed cruising close to a ship for about 8 minutes.
And a shark sighting was reported farther north in Maine off of Harpswell, close to the place a lady was killed by a shark two years in the past. The Sharktivity app reported a “seal predation” incident there.
Source: www.bostonherald.com”