'We saw some more splashing of water, and then the blood started spreading out more,' said a witness.
According to the Sharktivity app run by the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy., a number of the creatures have been sighted off Cape Cod in the past week, leading to a number of beach closures. Thursday's incident come after swimmers were stopped from going on Head of the Meadow beach for an hour from 10:49am on Wednesday, after a great white shark was spotted in the water. Another shark was seen around 200 yards into the water,citing the app.
White sharks became an officially protected species in the state waters of Massachusetts in 2005, according to the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy. Prior to that, hunters targeted the fish for trophy competitions which depleted their populations. A stock image of a great white shark in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of South Africa. The water off Cape Cod turned red after a shark attacked a seal."In the past decade, increases in white shark sightings and catch records in the broader Northwest Atlantic have increased, which suggests some level of population recovery, but stock status remains uncertain," Atlantic White Shark Conservancy said on its website.
The Seal Action Committee group wants to see federal protects for seals to be scrapped, arguing they attract great white sharks and put
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