Trackers show sharks in NC sounds

Ironbound, a 12-foot white shark, was swimming off Bald Head Island Monday afternoon after having pinged Sunday night in Pamlico Sound.
Posted 5/11/2020, 9:59:35 PM Updated 5/11/2020, 10:01:03 PM

THE STORY TONIGHT AT SIX.

>>> THE BEACHES OF NORTH

CAROLINA ARE REOPENING AND

PEOPLE ARE NOT THE ONLY

VISITORS BUT SEVERAL GREAT

WHITE SHARKS HAVE BEEN GOING OFF

THE COAST AND ONE MADE IT INTO

THE PAMLICO SOUND OVERNIGHT AND

GERALD OWENS HAS MORE DETAILS

AND I FEEL WE SHOULD PLAY THE

JAWS MUSIC.

SPIRIT IT IS PRETTY

INTIMIDATING AND IT IS NOT

UNCOMMON FOR THESE LARGE SHARKS

TO VISIT WITH AIRLINE AND EVEN

TRAVEL INLAND AND WE'RE HEARING

MORE AND MORE ABOUT THESE

ANIMALS AS THE TRACKING

TECHNOLOGY IMPROVES THIS IS

IRONBOUND, THE 12 FOOT GREAT

WHITE, ONE OF DOZENS OF THESE

SHARKS BEING TRACKED BY A GROUP

CALLED OCEARCH UNLESS EITHER

1000 PART POUND SHARK SURFACED

IN THE PAMLICO SOUND AND HE'S

MADE IT DOWN THE COAST TO THE

CAROLINA BEACH AREA AND RIGHT

NOW THEY ARE TRACKING FIVE

GREAT WHITES ALONG THE COAST OF

THE ORGANIZATION TRACKED OTHER

SHARKS AS WELL NOT JUST GREAT

WHITES BUT THEY DO GET THE MOST

ATTENTION ONE IS BOUGHT A BIT

THIS AFTERNOON I TRACKER SHOWED

A TIGER SHARK SWIMMING.>>

INTERESTING TO WATCH THAT MAP

AND SEE WHERE THEY ARE AND YOU

SPENT TIME WITH THIS GROUP A

FEW YEARS AGO, WHERE DID THEY

INITIALLY FIND THESE?

SPIRIT THEY ARE GOING ALL OVER

THE WORLD TO FIND THE SHARKS,

WHEREVER THEY ARE KNOWN TO

FREQUENT AND WE WERE WITH THEM

IN CAPE COD BACK IN 2013 AND

THEY USE SONAR AS SPOTTERS

DESPITE THE ANIMAL IN THE WATER

AND HOPEFULLY THEY GET A LINE

ON IT THIS WOODEN PLATFORM

RAISES OUT OF THE WATER AND IT

PICKS THE SHARK UP AND IT IS

TAGGED WITH GPS MONITORING SO

THEY PUT IT BACK IN THE WATER

EVERY TIME THE SHARK SURFACES

THE GIVE OFF A SIGNAL TO A

SATELLITE LETTING RESEARCHERS

KNOW WHERE THEY ARE IN THE

WORLD THAT IS IMPORTANT

ESPECIALLY IF YOU PLAN TO GO TO

THE COAST.

RESEARCHERS DO NOT WANT TO

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