Biggest Great White Shark Ever Recorded In The Atlantic Makes A Reappearance
The brief signal came after more than two months without a detection, and researchers said 88% of tagged sharks later travel to Atlantic Canada.
- On Saturday, July 11, the satellite tag of Contender, a 4.2m great white shark, transmitted a signal confirming the shark remains alive and active off the United States East Coast.
- Ocearch founder Chris Fischer noted that every ping from Contender reveals how the mature male shark moves and feeds, contributing to the species' population recovery.
- Contender has traveled thousands of kilometres along the eastern seaboard of North America, moving north from Florida through waters off North Carolina, New Jersey, and Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
- Because the transmission was a Z-ping, researchers could not determine Contender's exact location, as the fin surfaced only briefly for the satellite system to calculate a precise position.
- Previous Ocearch research indicates that 88% of great white sharks tagged in the southeastern United States eventually travel to Atlantic Canada, highlighting the region's importance as a seasonal feeding area.
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Massive great white shark resurfaces again as experts issue warning
Researchers have picked up a fresh signal from Contender after the giant predator vanished from satellite tracking for months, with experts believing it could be making its way to popular beaches
After months of searching, the record-breaking great white shark has once again signaled. Researchers say Contender is migrating toward Cape Cod and the Atlantic coast of Canada.
One of the largest white sharks ever observed in the Atlantic Ocean has returned to be seen after months of silence. It is Contender, an imposing specimen more than four meters long and with an estimated weight close to 750 kilograms, identified again off the east coast of the United States thanks to the satellite monitoring system [...] The article "Contender is back, is great when a car ": new sighting after months of the largest white shark i…
1,700lb great white shark ‘Contender’ — biggest ever recorded in Atlantic — believed to be heading to summer hotspot
Contender, the largest great white shark ever discovered in the Atlantic Ocean is most likely heading toward Cape Cod before traversing the eastern coast of Canada, according to OCEARCH research group.
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