The Atlantic Shark Institute (ASI) announced that their acoustic Shark Array off Block Island, R.I. detected another great white shark visiting the island recently. This is the fifth different great white shark that the ASI has confirmed this summer and the largest number of white sharks identified to date in this study.
The shark was detected on the west side of the island according to Jon Dodd, the Executive Director of the Atlantic Shark Institute, and was detected on a receiver sponsored by Blue Shark Vodka of NC.
“The value of this acoustic receiver array is increasing with each month and year,” shared Dodd. “With more detections, more receivers to record and monitor movement, and now the ability to watch movement around the island, this research study will only grow in importance and value with each detection.”
In this fifth case of 2020, the shark was an 8’6” female that was tagged by Dr. Greg Skomal from the MA Department of Marine Fisheries in August of 2019. It appears that the shark did not take up residence around Block Island based on an initial review of data. It may have been migrating to Cape Cod, joining the many other
