Cape Cod great white shark researchers are warning that shark activity remains high around the region even as they remove their five real-time white shark detection receivers along the coast.
The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy, working with the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, has hauled out the five shark detection receivers that were deployed this season off the coast of Cape Cod.
Tagging data from the real-time receivers are integrated into the popular Sharktivity app, helping raise awareness of the presence of white sharks off the coast. The shark sighting app developed by the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy pops up with shark alerts throughout the summer and into the fall.
But with the hurricane season picking up, and a narrowing weather window to retrieve the equipment, researchers removed the receivers as a precautionary measure to prevent loss and damage to the devices. Each real-time receiver costs about $15,000.
While the receivers won’t alert people about shark sightings any longer this season, ocean recreation enthusiasts are being reminded that white shark activity remains high off Cape Cod through October.
“At this time of year, Sharktivity app detection and sighting data will decrease as a result of the removal of the real-time receivers and less eyes on the water through eco-tourism trips and recreational boaters submitting sightings,” said Cynthia Wigren, CEO and co-founder of the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy.
“However, it is critical that individuals entering local waters be acutely aware that white shark activity off Cape Cod remains at its peak through the month of October,” she added.
The receivers will be redeployed in the spring.
While August is the busiest shark month in the region, September is the runner-up as the second most active Cape shark month and October is the third busiest shark month, according to detection data from recent years of tagged white sharks.
Last year, the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy reported more than 63,000 shark detections during August. That’s followed by September (33,775 shark detections), October (31,023 shark detections) and then July (17,841 shark detections).
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