Skomal and other shark experts told the station via email that the rise in sharks is due to the growing seal population. Seals are estimated to number at least 50,000 along Cape Cod, making it …

The study aims to estimate the size and relative abundance of the white shark population off Cape Cod, which in part uses OTN's global receiver infrastructure. During the study, the research team catalogued more than 320 individuals during the first four years. The 2018 data is expected to push that number much higher.

Cape Cod's Seal Problem. The population of gray seals on the Cape has exploded in recent years. Is it time to cull the herd? We set out from Nantucket, about 10 miles east of …

Since the 2018 attacks, Cape officials have invested in better training and equipment for lifeguards and first responders to keep beachgoers safe as great white sharks migrate in ever larger numbers to feast on the region's bountiful seal population.

Shark sightings have been increasing in the area as the gray seal population has increased. A 61-year-old man suffered puncture wounds in a Cape Cod shark attack last month.

SUFB 316: Grey Seal Population Boom in Cape Cod, Leadership in Ocean Conservation and EPA Advisory Committee Changes Is the increase of Grey Seal Population on Cape Cod causing problems with humans? I was asked to answer a question as to whether the science says Grey Seals are preventing the cod stocks in the Northeast from recovering.

The seals hauled up on the Cape are gray and harbor seals. Harbor seals are 5 to 6 feet long and weigh up to 285 pounds. Gray seals are bigger; they're between 7 and 8 feet long, and can weigh up to 800 pounds. Both are native to the area, though no one really knows their historic population size. Humans began hunting the seals in earnest in ...

Hunting seals is what reduced the population close to extinction back in the 1960s. ... Andrea Bogomolni is a lead investigator at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute and is leading several studies on seals, both on Cape Cod and at the Shoals Marine ... Mass. where, in August 2018, the first shark attack on a human occurred at the popular ...

In this July 11, 2019 photo provided by Erin Minichiello, a herd of seals rest on a sandbar in Chatham Harbor in Chatham, Mass. Peter Howell, a founder of the Seal …

Oct 7, 2018 at 8:11 PM Oct 7, 2018 at 8:11 PM A former curator of the International Shark Attack File says responses to incidents are critical but great whites aren't to blame. CHATHAM, Mass.

Seals are the major prey species for the great white shark, and as the seal population increases, the great white sharks have become more numerous. ... there was a fatal shark bite in Wellfleet in September 2018. Sharks are active in Cape Cod waters in September and October. To stay beach safe, be aware of the following: No lifeguards are on duty.

Shark tourism grows on Cape Cod, 3 years after attacks. Michael Simard, left, and Penny Antoglou point out as a great white shark swims past while on shark watch with Dragonfly Sportfishing ...

"The problem isn't just that seal numbers are high, it's also that cod abundance is low," Swain said. Hunting significantly reduced the grey seal population in the 1800s. In 1960 there were about 8,000 of the seals in Atlantic Canada, but since then the population has grown exponentially, and there are now estimated to be over 400,000.

The Fourth of July holiday is traditionally one of the busiest weekends of the year in Cape Cod, Mass. ... including a fatal one in 2018, ... and Cape Cod's seal population has been flourishing ...

After A Shark Attack, Addressing Cape Cod's Growing Seal Population. A seal basks in the water next to the Chatham Fish Pier in Chatham, MA, where scraps of fish are a source of food for seals, which in turn can be a food source for sharks, on Aug. 31, 2018. Shark sightings are an almost daily occurrence on Cape Cod …

A gray seal haul out near Head of the Meadow Beach in Truro. (Miriam Wasser/WBUR) This article is more than 2 years old. There are tens of thousands of seals on Cape Cod …

Shark attacks and kills a man who was boogie-boarding at a Cape Cod beach. ... 2018. By Alex Horton. and ... The seal population in the area has …

Over the past year, great white shark sightings along the Cape have soared, primarily due to the exploding seal population. According to David W. Johnson, a professor of marine conservation ...

The Cape's population of gray seals has grown dramatically in the past twenty years. For fisherman Mike Rathgeber, who runs fishing tours out of Provincetown, the seals have become a …

October 10, 2018 — In the wake of the Cape's first shark fatality, there have been increasing concerns about the seal population and its impact on tourism and the economy of fisheries, which leaves many people wondering — does Cape Cod have a seal problem?

Cape Cod Seals. NMFS Permit No. 775-1600-10. The word pinniped (fin footed) refers to animals of like appearance, not relatedness. Pinnipeds describe any carnivorous, amphibious mammal with front and hind appendages modified into flippers. Seals, sea lions and walrus, with over 30 species worldwide, fit the description, and are often lumped ...

Shark Tourism Grows On Cape Cod, 3 Years After Attacks - Falmouth, MA - A small but growing group of charter boat operators are offering great white shark tours off the coast of Cape Cod.

Cape Cod locals are demanding officials reduce the seal population to deter sharks from swimming in the area following two attacks, one of which resulted in the death of a man.

Divided Cape Board Issues Sharks-and-Seals Proclamation August 1, 2019 The Barnstable County Commissioners have declared August 2019 to be Cape Cod Gray Seal and Great White Shark Awareness Month.

Harp seals are the victims of the largest slaughter of marine mammals in the world: the Canadian seal hunt. Seals have been wrongly blamed for causing the collapse of the cod fishery and preventing its recovery. Learn about the cruel, ecologically irresponsible, and totally unnecessary seal hunt on Harpseals.org.

Asked about the seals and sharks in 2018 after the town's first fatal shark attack, Cape Cod fisherman Chris Ciccarelli was blunt: "Kill 'em all. "I have no ill feelings towards the sharks."

It's difficult to estimate the population of gray seals in Massachusetts waters because of their peripatetic nature, but Jerry Moxley of the Duke University Marine Lab did an analysis of Google Earth images of Cape Cod in 2017 and concluded that the gray seal population on the Cape alone was between 30,000 and 50,000 seals.

In 2018, commercial landings of Atlantic cod totaled 2.15 million pounds and were valued at more than $4.7 million. Gear types, habitat impacts, and bycatch: Cod are commonly harvested using trawl nets, gillnets, bottom longlines, and rod and reel. Gillnets, longlines, and rod and reel used to harvest cod have little to no impact on habitat.

Mindi Moran, of Portland, Maine, watches a great white shark swims past while on shark watch with Dragonfly Sportfishing charters off the Massachusetts' coast of Cape Cod…

Cape gray seal and white shark populations. Results are presented to inform decision-makers about the feasibility, likely outcome and potential complications of a gray seal cull. The conclusion reached is that culling the Cape Cod gray seals is unlikely to abate the risk of human-white shark encounters on the Cape Cod beaches and could possibly

November 09, 2018. Jason Bittel. ... Seals have inhabited Cape Cod for some 4,000 years, but for the past century or so, they've been scarce in this part of the world. ... the Cape's seal ...

Shark Attack Underscores Concerns About Burgeoning Seal Population 19 September 2018. By: Alan Pollock ... sandlance, cod, flounders and herring. Given their diverse diet, it is unlikely that seals are controlling the population of any particular species of fish," the researchers wrote. ... The Cape Cod …