The weather is heating up and more and more swimmers are headed to the beach. Have you wondered what those bright, yellow buoys off the coast of the Massachusetts beaches are?
They are called shark buoys and are intended to help researchers detect tagged sharks on the waters off the coast in real-time and give a warning to swimmers, according to boston25news.com.
The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy Continues its Work
The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy has tagged around 330 sharks that continue to make the trek back to our area, the news station reported. All of the buoys that are being placed by the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy off the coast are being placed strategically.
The weather is heating up and more and more swimmers are headed to the beach. Have you wondered what those bright, yellow buoys off the coast of the Massachusetts beaches are?
They are called shark buoys and are intended to help researchers detect tagged sharks on the waters off the coast in real-time and give a warning to swimmers, according to boston25news.com.
The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy Continues its Work
The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy has tagged around 330 sharks that continue to make the trek back to our area, the news station reported. All of the buoys that are being placed by the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy off the coast are being placed strategically.
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The body of a Colorado woman who had gone missing after falling overboard on Saturday afternoon has been located.
According to a press release from the Scituate Police Department, Barbara Warner, 78, had been one of three passengers on a vessel reportedly overcome by sea conditions at the mouth of the North River just off the beach in an area known as “The Spit.”
The Scituate Police and Fire Departments, as well as the Scituate Harbormaster’s Office, were immediately dispatched after the Scituate Emergency Communications Center received multiple 911 calls about a vessel in distress.
According to the release, the Marshfield Harbormaster and the United States Coast Guard Station Point Allerton also responded.