![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/over-800-sharks-at-popular-holiday-hotspot-including-terrifying-8ft-big-daddy/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2_Warning-sign-for-Great-White-Shark-Biting-Incidents-Indian-Neck-Beach-Cape-Cod-MA.jpg&description=Researchers have been studying shark populations off the coast of Cape Cod in the US in order to try and estimate just how many sharks are calling the popular holiday spot's waters home As many as 800 sharks may be circling the waters off the coast of a popular US holiday hotspot including a mammoth 'Big Daddy' predator. While beachgoers are making the most of the summer and headed to the Cape Cod coast, scientists are studying shark activity in the area, with more than 100 trips carried out to observe the apex predators. Between 2015 and 2018, researchers documented 393 sharks off the coast in Massachusetts using spotter pilots and video cameras during 137 trips. Scientists then used this population to produce an estimate of around 800 sharks in the area. The sharks gravitate toward Cape Cod to hunt for seals, with the study noting that sightings peak in August and September. Most of the sharks observed in the study were juveniles or so-called subadults. An eight-and-a-half-foot-long white shark nicknamed Big Daddy was spotted swimming up Cape Cod's coast on Wednesday, July 26. He was first spotted around midday at Nauset Harbor in Orleans, according to the shark tracking app, Sharktivity. Big Daddy was first tagged on September 21, 2022, and since then has been seen a total of 647 times. Since July 21, 2023, around 40 sharks have been found off the coastline. According to a study XX reliable estimates of white shark populations are "more important than ever" given that populations in several regions "are seemingly recovering as a result of several decades of protection". The study went on to say: "As recovering populations return to regions where they have long been rare or absent, increased interactions between sharks and humans can create conflict and undermine public support of conservation policies." The researchers reassured the "overall risk posed to recreational water users remains low". White sharks were designated as a protected species in most federal wa){kind=link}
Researchers have been studying shark populations off the coast of Cape Cod in the US in order to try and estimate just how many sharks are calling the popular holiday spot’s waters home
As many as 800 sharks may be circling the waters off the coast of a popular US holiday hotspot including a mammoth ‘Big Daddy’ predator.
While beachgoers are making the most of the summer and headed to the Cape Cod coast, scientists are studying shark activity in the area, with more than 100 trips carried out to observe the apex predators.
Between 2015 and 2018, researchers documented 393 sharks off the coast in Massachusetts using spotter pilots and video cameras during 137 trips. Scientists then used this population to produce an estimate of around 800 sharks in the area.
The sharks gravitate toward Cape Cod to hunt for seals, with the study noting that sightings peak in August and September. Most of the sharks observed in the study were juveniles or so-called subadults.