Interactive map with real-time tools shows where great whites are lurking

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Interactive map with real-time tools shows where great ******* are lurking

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Mass. shark tracker: Interactive map with real-time tools shows where great ******* are lurking

Shark season off the coast of Massachusetts is in full swing.

The Chatham-based

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’s Sharktivity app has reported great ******* coming as close as 50 feet from the shoreline at some Cape Cod beaches in recent days. Several other reports indicated that sharks are swimming about 50 yards offshore.

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In addition to the shark sightings, predations involving ***** seals have also been reported by Sharktivity users.

The conservancy shared this interactive map with Boston 25, showing reported shark sightings in real-time and sightings with photos, as well as confirmed acoustic detections of tagged sharks.

The map’s menu tools allow users to filter shark sightings as recent as 48 hours, over the last 30 days, or between a custom date range.

The icons on the map indicate the following:

Red alert icon: A white shark sighting is confirmed close to a public beach

Blue shark fin icon: A confirmed white shark sighting

Orange shark fin icon: An unconfirmed white shark sighting

Yellow icon: A receiver that detects white sharks tagged with acoustic tags and transmits the data in real-time

Purple icon: A real-time detection of a shark tagged with an acoustic tag that is less than an hour old

Orange icon: Detections of sharks tagged with acoustic transmitters

Green icon: The shark’s dorsal fin breaks the surface and the tag transmits to overhead satellites

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, which is available to download on iPhone and Android, tracks sightings fed by researchers, safety officials, and users who upload photos for confirmation.

John Chisholm, adjunct scientist at New England Aquarium, recently 

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 as the seal population continues to grow.

“No matter where you’re going into the water, whether that’s Cape Cod or Gloucester or Plymouth, you need to be shark smart,” Chisholm cautioned beachgoers.

While the last shark ******* in Massachusetts was in 2020, the growing numbers of seals and sharks should make beachgoers more alert, Chisholm advised.

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