by Scarborough, Maine (AP) – New data show that large white sharks spend more time in the cool waters in front of New England and Canada’s Atlantic coast.
This means that boat drivers, beach visitors and fishermen, spend time in the northern waters, learn to live with the predators who became famous 50 years ago by the film “Jaws”. The sightings of the sharks have expired in places such as Maine, where they were once rarely discovered.
Scientists link the white shark sightings with an increased availability of the seals on which the sharks are recorded, and say that beach visitors are generally very safe from Hairbissen.
Here is a breakdown of the numbers.
93 large white sharks from Maine identified from 2020 to 2024
The Maine Department of Marine Resources has been monitoring large white shark activities in the Gulf of Maine since 2020. The department intends to use the data to better understand the distribution of the white shark off the state’s coast.
Nineteen unique white sharks were recorded in 2024 of 47 unique data, the department reported.
2 confirmed non -provoked shark attacks in Maine Waters since 1837
The first listed fatal shark attack in Maine occurred in 2020 when a great white shark killed Julie Dimperio Holowach by Bailey Island.
Hai experts describe fatal haibisms as extremely rare, in Maine and everywhere else.
Almost 2.5 times the detection of white sharks in front of Nova Scotia
The number of white sharks, which has been proven by Halifax, Nova Scotia, has increased in the magazine Marine Ecology Progress series about 2.5 times from 2018 to 2022. The number found in the Cabot Street, which Nova Scotia and Newfound, separates, increases almost four times, it says in the newspaper.
8 types of sharks that are known to live in Maine Waters
In addition to the large white shark, at least seven other sharks live in Main’s waters. They are the Ackhai, Porbeagle, Blue Hai, Sand Tiger Shark, Common Thresher, Shortfin Mako and Stachelhrte.
Most of this sharks represent a very minimal threat to humans and some are harmless.
949 Unprovocated shark attacks in the history of humanity recorded since 1580
The international shark attack file in the Florida Museum of Natural History keeps an recording of documented shark attacks. While the big white shark holds the record for most documented attacks, the sums are still very low.
The white shark was the source of 351 not provoked shark attacks, and 59 of which were fatal, the International shark attack file reported.
