Shark Week on the Discovery channel may be next week but we've had several sharks in local waters recently.  There was a report of a Striped Bass bitten in half last week and several local charter boats have done well fishing for Makos, Threshers and Blue sharks off of Nantucket.  The prize of the shark family has arrived in Nantucket waters recently. Yesterday seven Great White Sharks were spotted off of Chatham and 1 was tagged for research. Closer to home a local charter captain spotted an 18ft Great White- 3 miles off of Great Point.  While this is nerve wracking for many swimmers, there has not been a shark attack in Massachusetts waters for over 70 years and our waters have been littered with these awesome creatures.  Before screaming "shark" at the beach though, know that 99% of shark spottings while at the beach are harmless Oceanic Sunfish that only feed on plankton and Jellyfish.
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