July 31, 2010 - The Town of Chatham has closed five miles of beaches on South Beach south of the Chatham Lighthouse because of sightings on great white sharks on Friday.
The Boston Globe quotes spotter pilot George Breen: “They’re spread all up and down that beach.’’ He believes the sightings represented at least five distinct sharks, based on location and timing.
The Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) is making an expedition today to place electronic tags on white sharks off the coast of Chatham. The DMF trip left Harwichport’s Saquatucket Harbor at 8 a.m this morning.
Last Tuesday a great white was tagged off Chatham - image above of tagging from DMF on July 27th.
Here's more from Jack Nicas of the Boston Globe.
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