ORLEANS – Researchers from the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy tagged their third great white of the season Monday morning.
Dr. Greg Skomal tagged the 11-footer just south of Nauset Beach in Orleans.
The conservancy’s Sharktivity app also detected a shark in the area on Monday morning.
The organization is in the fourth year of a five-year shark research study off Cape Cod.
Last month, Skomal said June had started just as they expected, with a handful of sharks already spotted.
“I anticipate as the water warms up and July hits, we’ll ramp up fairly quickly and I think July, August and September will be our peak months,” said Skomal.
Looking back on the 2016 numbers, Skomal said the number of sharks spotted plateaued compared to the year before at between 100 and 150.
He also said their migration patterns seemed to trend further north along the Outer Cape.
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