THE WATERS ARE WARMING UP
AND THE GREAT WHITES ARE BACK.
IT IS SHARK SEASON ON CAPE COD.
THEY HAD BEEN SPOTTED CLOSE TO
SHORE.
THE ATLANTIC WHITE SHARK
CONSERVANCY IS GIVING US A LOOK
AT WHAT TO EXPECT.
BILL SHIELDS IS HERE.
Reporter: YOU KNEW THEY WERE
COMING BACK AND THEY ARE ON
SCHEDULE.
IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE
HOW MANY GREAT WHITES WILL SHOW
UP IN CAPE COD WATERS.
WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS USING
SEARCH PATTERNS THAT THEY HAVE
DEVELOPED TO SEEK OUT POTENTIAL
PREY ITEMS AND IN DOING SO,
THEY COME UPON CAPE COD WHERE
YOU HAVE SEDIMENT IN THE WATER.
IN THE PAST TWO YEARS THE
TEAM FROM THE CONSERVANCY HAVE
TAGGED NEARLY 200 OF THESE APEX
PREDATORS.
THE RESEARCHERS HAVE LEARNED A
LOT LIKE WHERE MOST OF THE
WHITE SHARKS GO IN THE WINTER.
BUT THEY SAY IT IS THE HUMAN
VISITORS WHO NEED EDUCATION.
WE WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THEY
ARE THERE.
YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED HOW MANY
TOURISTS COME TO THE AREA WHO
EITHER DON'T KNOW THAT WHITE
SHARKS ARE A THING HERE OR KNOW
THEY COME HERE BUT ASSUME THEY
STAY FAR OFFSHORE.
THIS YEAR THE TEAM HAD
ALREADY TAGGED SEVERAL GREAT
WHITES.
THEY HAD NEW TECHNOLOGY.
IT IS DEEPER USING NEWER
TECHNOLOGY TO GET A SENSE OF
WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN SEASON
BUT DOING EVERY SECOND OF THE
DAY.
WITH ALL THEY HAVE LEARNED,
WITH SO MANY PEOPLE WORKING ON
THE ISSUE, WHAT THEY HAVEN'T
FIGURED OUT YET IS HOW TO KEEP
