![]() ![]() But just one month later a few miles away, Arthur Medici became the victim of the first fatal shark attack off Cape Cod in 83 years. He survived, despite suffering deep puncture wounds to his legs and torso. New Yorker William Lytton was attacked on Long Nook Beach in Truro, Massachusetts on August 15, 2018. The recent and more frequent shark sightings have beach goers on edge in Cape Cod, especially after last year’s attacks. There is really shallow areas to feed on the seals and the seals now with the seals stay very tight to the beach the sharks challenge themselves to get in tight to the beach and of course you superimpose human activity over that and it creates this potential and we saw that happen last year,” Skomal said. “We firmly believe that when a white shark strikes a person it’s a mistake. More seals means more sharks, and a higher likelihood for an attack. ![]() It wasn’t until the passage of the 1972 Marine Mammal Protection Act that the seal population began to rebound. ”We’re definitely seeing an increasing trend and we think that’s pretty much highly correlated with the robust presence of seals in the area.”īack in the 1970s, the seal population was nearly extinct. Greg Skomal of the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries is one of the leading experts in shark research. Science shows significant changes in the shark population along Cape Cod.ĭr. What if we told you the increase in shark sightings in New England was actually a good thing?
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