This summer, residents living near coastlines are worrying about the growing frequency of shark sightings and are making lifeguards and local police check the ocean with high-tech gadgets. The searchers aren’t looking for great white sharks like in Jaws but smaller specimens like thresher sharks who are still fearsome and can cause a major problem.
The only anxiety caused by sharks this summer took place when a struggling 10-feet mako shark washed up on a beach in New York. Fishermen managed to return the shark back to the waters. A day later it was found dead on the same shore.
Lifeguards and police are doing everything in their limits to cease the panic caused by sharks. Some officials scan the beach in helicopters or by using drones, while others use shark trackers, which track larger sharks, such as Mary Lee the 4000 pound, 17 feet long great white. Though lifeguards and police are working diligently, people still are reporting many sightings and attacks.
Scientists are arguing that the threat of sharks is miniscule. They say that the only thing lifeguards and police are doing is feeding the fire of panic from sharks. Professional fishermen and scientists say that sharks aren’t out for humans. The incidents, when people see sharks in the waters, were most likely accidental collisions. The most they got from incidents were a gash, rather than a being bitten.
Most sharks are only looking for food rather than cruising the shore looking for tasty humans. It is regular to see some sharks feeding on bait fish. That is tolerated if the sharks maintain a 200 feet distance from the shore. If sharks come closer than that limit, swimming and frolicking is stopped.
It seems like the number of sharks are growing. It’s not true, according to marine scientists. They claim that people are looking for sharks more, resulting in finding many more sharks than the past years.
More sharks in the waters we visit might sound terrifying, but that is a sign that the ecosystem is healthy. With the ecosystem healthy, humans can really see nature’s true face and live a healthy life too. Everything is worth it to keep the ecosystem healthy, even if some must endure panic of sharks visiting vacation spots.
Resources: N.Y. Lifeguards Now Watch for Sharks, Facing Dramatic Increase in Sightings – The New York Times.pdf
The only anxiety caused by sharks this summer took place when a struggling 10-feet mako shark washed up on a beach in New York. Fishermen managed to return the shark back to the waters. A day later it was found dead on the same shore.
Lifeguards and police are doing everything in their limits to cease the panic caused by sharks. Some officials scan the beach in helicopters or by using drones, while others use shark trackers, which track larger sharks, such as Mary Lee the 4000 pound, 17 feet long great white. Though lifeguards and police are working diligently, people still are reporting many sightings and attacks.
Scientists are arguing that the threat of sharks is miniscule. They say that the only thing lifeguards and police are doing is feeding the fire of panic from sharks. Professional fishermen and scientists say that sharks aren’t out for humans. The incidents, when people see sharks in the waters, were most likely accidental collisions. The most they got from incidents were a gash, rather than a being bitten.
Most sharks are only looking for food rather than cruising the shore looking for tasty humans. It is regular to see some sharks feeding on bait fish. That is tolerated if the sharks maintain a 200 feet distance from the shore. If sharks come closer than that limit, swimming and frolicking is stopped.
It seems like the number of sharks are growing. It’s not true, according to marine scientists. They claim that people are looking for sharks more, resulting in finding many more sharks than the past years.
More sharks in the waters we visit might sound terrifying, but that is a sign that the ecosystem is healthy. With the ecosystem healthy, humans can really see nature’s true face and live a healthy life too. Everything is worth it to keep the ecosystem healthy, even if some must endure panic of sharks visiting vacation spots.
Resources: N.Y. Lifeguards Now Watch for Sharks, Facing Dramatic Increase in Sightings – The New York Times.pdf
