The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is offering a series of tips at the state’s ocean beach to help reduce the risk of…
Shark activity off New York's beaches increases from June through September as sharks migrate for the summer, DEC said.Stay close to shore, where feet can touch the bottomDEC says the majority of unprovoked contacts with sharks are"the result of test bites, which occur when a shark misidentifies a human as their preferred prey."
“While human-shark interactions are rare, DEC encourages the public to follow shark safety guidance to help minimize the risk of negative interactions with sharks this summer,” DEC Interim Commissioner Sean Mahar said in a press release“DEC reminds all visitors to the world-class beaches and coastal waters along New York’s shoreline that these are also wild and natural marine ecosystems supporting a wide diversity of marine life, including sharks. Do your part and be shark smart.
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