Atlantic White Shark Conservancy updates white shark catalog on Cape Cod Boston 25 News [Video]

CHATHAM, Mass. — The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy has updated its publicly available White Shark Catalog to include 2023 data gathered from Nova Scotia to Florida, and including waters off Cape Cod.

From footage collected during 22 research trips conducted off Cape Cod in 2023, the AWSC team identified 36 new individuals and documented the return of 44 sharks that had been identified in previous years.

Through collaborations with researchers in Canada, the AWSC team identified an additional 39 new individuals and recognized 4 sharks previously documented off Cape Cod in videos collected by Fisheries and Oceans Canada in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and Atlantic Shark Expeditions off the coast of Nova Scotia.

Eleven new sharks were identified in video footage sent to AWSC by boaters, divers, and fishermen. This includes white shark ‘LeeBeth’, a 14-foot female who was tagged off South Carolina in partnership with Chip Michalove of Outcast Sportfishing and …