Overview
- A family from Reading, Massachusetts, hooked a roughly 10-foot great white about a mile off Fort Lauderdale on a Fishing Headquarters charter and brought it alongside after about 45 minutes.
- The crew measured the shark, took photos, fitted a tracking tag, and released it because great whites are a protected species.
- The tag will send data on the shark’s movement and growth, giving scientists information that can guide conservation and public-safety advice.
- Captain Paul Paolucci said encounters there are rare and that he has come across about six great whites since 2003.
- Mate Logan Graf said it was his first great white in seven years on the boat, and a University of Miami scientist said sightings are being noticed more as numbers recover and that great whites usually avoid shallow water, so beach risk is low.