Will shark death impact Cape tourism this year?

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by tlapinski

I just booked a trip to the Cape for a week in August. I figure the sharks are there and have been for a while now with very few problems so there is no sense in running the opposite direction.

If you think Narragansett is great white shark free then do yourself a favor and don't speak to anyone working on the water in the area. There was a large one inside the Harbor of Refuge last summer, several have been caught in the fish traps, and likely many more that don't make the news.

"I just booked a trip to the Cape for a week in August."

Great time to be there.

" figure the sharks are there and have been for a while now with very few problems so there is no sense in running the opposite direction.'"

I hope you're right. I saw Greg Skokal (spelling?) on TV, the marine biologist shark expert from Woods Hole, who is always on TV, and he said the one thing that's changing ta the Cape, is that tagged sharks are spending more time very close to the beach, more than before, And the bites started the first year we went, 5-6 years ago at Ballston Beach in Truro.

"If you think Narragansett is great white shark free "

No place is shark free. But they're not all equal, either. Have fun in August.