Daily News | A 522-pound great white shark was tracked near Ocean City, N.J.
A great white shark was swimming in the shores of Ocean City, N.J., on Memorial Day.by marine researchers, was identified by OCEARCH, a nonprofit group that tags and tracks sharks. Her tracker “pinged” at 6:45 a.m. Monday, meaning she broke the surface of the water.
Penny, a juvenile white shark measuring 10 feet, 3 inches, last surfaced on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, off Ocracoke, at the end of April. OCEARCH tagged her last month. There was no indication Penny had any interaction with humans during her visit Ocean City, but it marks the second time this month that a shark has been suspected in Jersey Shore waters.while surfing in Stone Harbor, making her one of nearly 30 confirmed victims of an unprovoked shark attack in New Jersey.
“When entering the ocean pay attention to your surroundings,” Chris Fischer, OCEARCH’s founder, wrote in a Facebook post announcing Penny’s surfacing. “Look for quiet areas to swim and if you see areas full of life sit on the beach and watch until it passes by in the current.”
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