As people play at the beach, life guards watch the ocean, monitoring the water for any shark sightings. This is to keep all the people on the shore safe, and to make sure the people don’t get into any trouble in the water.
Shark Monitoring has become a daily routine at the Town of Hempstead. Shark patrols watch the water throughout the day and report sightings to the Nassau County police boats and helicopters.
Shark sightings are usually rare, but recently there have been daily reports of shark feeding on bait fish close to the swimmers on the shore. Over the Memorial Day weekend, a gigantic 10-foot mako shark washed up to the shores of Point Lookout, resulting in in many shark headlines! In addition, this week a man may have been bitten by a shark while swimming in Jones Beach.
Despite the concern, field scientist Hans Walter says that the hype over the sharks near the beaches are “very overblown,” He said that there isn’t any threat from sharks because there aren’t that many shark attacks documented. Plus there isn’t any real evidence that shark populations have grown over the years. “The danger to people is infinitesimal,” he said.
Nonetheless, shark patrols are still on the lookout for peoples’ safety. They have new technology like Jet skies, new drones, tourniquets. They also have people who put tags on the shark so they can keep an eye on the sharks, so they can monitor the shark migration. According to Chris Stefanou, he has found that more sharks have been in local waters every year, because water temperatures have increased.
Besides shark patrols, there are also shark fishers who track sharks, like Mr. Stefanou. He has caught nearly 1000 sharks! He finds having more sharks in the waters better. “There are more and more sharks in the water, which sounds scary,” he said. “But it’s actually a good thing because it reflects a healthy ecosystem.”
Link:
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Shark Monitoring has become a daily routine at the Town of Hempstead. Shark patrols watch the water throughout the day and report sightings to the Nassau County police boats and helicopters.
Shark sightings are usually rare, but recently there have been daily reports of shark feeding on bait fish close to the swimmers on the shore. Over the Memorial Day weekend, a gigantic 10-foot mako shark washed up to the shores of Point Lookout, resulting in in many shark headlines! In addition, this week a man may have been bitten by a shark while swimming in Jones Beach.
Despite the concern, field scientist Hans Walter says that the hype over the sharks near the beaches are “very overblown,” He said that there isn’t any threat from sharks because there aren’t that many shark attacks documented. Plus there isn’t any real evidence that shark populations have grown over the years. “The danger to people is infinitesimal,” he said.
Nonetheless, shark patrols are still on the lookout for peoples’ safety. They have new technology like Jet skies, new drones, tourniquets. They also have people who put tags on the shark so they can keep an eye on the sharks, so they can monitor the shark migration. According to Chris Stefanou, he has found that more sharks have been in local waters every year, because water temperatures have increased.
Besides shark patrols, there are also shark fishers who track sharks, like Mr. Stefanou. He has caught nearly 1000 sharks! He finds having more sharks in the waters better. “There are more and more sharks in the water, which sounds scary,” he said. “But it’s actually a good thing because it reflects a healthy ecosystem.”
Link:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/appforest_uf/f1656875678637x736341318503444600/N.Y.%20Lifeguards%20Now%20Watch%20for%20Sharks%2C%20Facing%20Dramatic%20Increase%20in%20Sightings%20-%20The%20New%20York%20Times.pdf
