Maine DMR Expects 20+ Acoustic Shark Receivers In Ocean Waters This Summer
It may be cold out there, but a few groups are already out there working on next year s, shall we say, shark season here in Maine?
Following the fatal great white shark attack where a woman died off Bailey Island in southern Maine this past year, the Maine Department of Marine Resources began working with the Atlantic Great White Shark Conservancy and the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, to figure out approximately how many of the big fish there are and where they are within coastal Maine waters.
For years now, the Atlantic Great White Shark Conservancy based in Chatham, Massachusetts, has been tagging white sharks in the Cape Cod area. Tags pinned to white sharks then communicate with acoustic receivers moored in coastal waters, telling the folks on the mainland where a tagged shark is. This year, the Atlantic Great White Shark Conservancy will also install tiny video cameras within some of th