Overview
- The dead gray seal found Sunday on Lucy Vincent Beach in Chilmark showed a bite consistent with a great white, according to New England Aquarium scientists.
- Andrew Jacobs from the Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe’s natural resources team inspected the carcass Monday and estimated a 12 to 14 inch bite diameter.
- State biologist Greg Skomal said the wound was not fresh and likely proved fatal after it opened the abdominal cavity.
- Officials labeled the case the first confirmed white shark of the year off Massachusetts and urged people to stay shark smart near seals and visible schools of fish.
- The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy’s Sharktivity app now lists the case and invites public reports to trigger safety alerts and track shark movements.