1,600-Pound Great White Shark Pinged Off Nantucket

A 1,600-pound shark was tracked off the coast of Nantucket on Wednesday, July 6.

Scot, the 12-foot-long white shark, "pinged" in George's Bank around 11:20 a.m., according to shark research group OCEARCH.
Photo Credit: *OCEARCH*

07/08/2022 1:57 p.m.

Scot, the 12-foot-long white shark, "pinged" in George's Bank around 11:20 a.m., according to shark research group OCEARCH. A "ping" happens when an animal tag breaks the surface of the water, sending data.

Scot's latest ping was not too far from where he was tagged by researchers in Nova Scotia in last September. He's been swimming up and down the East Coast ever since.

Scot apparently swam nearly 500 miles since July 1, when he was tracked off the coast of Ocean City, MD.

Scot was named by OCEARCH's partners at SeaWorld after the people of Nova Scotia, who have always been so welcoming and committed to the science and health of the world's oceans.

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