Since I was a child,
white sharks have fascinated me. Like many, the film
Jaws brought this interest front and center. Technology has advanced to better track white sharks including attached trackers and drone video.
I gave a couple amateur talks on the white shark at Coder and have
put the Google Slides here. Best experienced in Slideshow mode.
I personally am not a fan of Shark Week and TV shows that hype up the white shark and the entertainment factor.
Here is a Google NotebookLM
AI-generated podcast about white sharks.
Cape Cod
When the Commonwealth of Massachusetts protected grey seals several decades ago, white shark populations grew as seal populations grew and they are a common food source for the white.
Greg Skomal is a marine biologist in Massachusetts who has studied and tagged white sharks for years. He often appears on documentaries and appears on TV when white shark encounters occur. That is how I first heard of him, when a white shark was
trapped in a salt pond on Naushon Island
There appears to be some
controversy between Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries "DMF" and OCEARCH. Oh well. I hope they patch it up. Life is too short.
