Rouette Brothers Catch and Release 5-Foot Tiger Shark Off Cape Cod as Warmer Waters Expand Range
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Updated · The Boston Globe · Jul 25
Rouette Brothers Catch and Release 5-Foot Tiger Shark Off Cape Cod as Warmer Waters Expand Range
1 articles · Updated · The Boston Globe · Jul 25
Summary
Nate and Nelson Rouette reeled in a 5-foot, 40-pound juvenile tiger shark from a beach near Falmouth around 12:30 a.m. Thursday, then removed the hook and released it.
Eel bait set for smaller sand sharks instead drew the bluish-gray tiger shark, a catch researcher John Chisholm said is still rare from shore even as sightings in Massachusetts increase.
Chisholm said juvenile tiger sharks have appeared near Cape Cod over the past four to five years, and he confirmed the brothers' catch from photos on Friday.
Cape waters are warming, pushing southern species farther north; Chisholm said tiger shark sightings in Massachusetts go back decades but are becoming more frequent each year.