Older fish are coming home for the summer.
Two great white sharks are returning north after spending the winter in the Gulf.
The 12-foot-long, 1,600-pound giant Scotsman and the smaller, 522-pound, 10-foot Penny were on their way back with the rest of the snowbirds this week near St. Augustine, Florida. It rang. The Florida Times Union reported.
creatures are being watched oceansa shark research nonprofit based in Jacksonville, Florida, attached a tag to the shark’s dorsal fin and sent a pin indicating its location when it reached the surface.
The two traveled around the Sunshine State earlier this year.
scottishThe man, named after a Nova Scotian, was tracked off the coast of Palm Bay on March 29 and around the Florida Keys on February 10 and 28.
She was given the nickname Penny. salty penny canvas Morehead City, North Carolina, was tracked off Fort Myers Beach on March 17th, off Marco Island on January 20th and January 6th, off the Sarasota Coast on January 11th, and near Cape Coral on January 15th. Ta.
Great white sharks are known to migrate south when water temperatures cool and food availability decreases, and return to the northeast when warmer weather returns.
At Ocean, online mapSo people can track the movements of tagged sharks.
The organization currently has tagged 371 sharks, including 123 great whites.
Four of the tagged fish were discovered in waters around New York and New Jersey in May.
Last summer, at least five people were bitten by sharks in Long Island waters, prompting the state to deploy shark-spotting drones to beaches in the area, including New York City.
