[SEMCO] "Seeing Deeper into the World of the Great White Shark" with Dr. Greg Skomal

[Teresa Izzo]

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PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE 
RELEASE 
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
August 30, 
2017 
Teresa Izzo
   508-896-3867 ext. 137
tizzo at ccmnh.org
SHARK-TEMBER
at
The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History
Presents
Seeing Deeper into the World of the Great White Shark
with
Dr. Greg Skomal / Fundraiser


BREWSTER, MA ­The Cape Cod Museum of Natural 
History in Brewster, MA will be hosting Dr. Greg 
Skomal of the Massachusetts Shark Research 
Program on Thursday, September 28, 2017 at 6:00 pm.

  Despite its well-established presence in the 
North Atlantic Ocean, the white shark is not 
considered an abundant species and efforts to 
study its ecology have historically been hampered 
by the inability of researchers to predictably 
find these sharks. However, the rebounding 
population of gray seals off the coast of New 
England is drawing white sharks in greater 
numbers to our shoreline. Cape Cod has now become 
the only known aggregating site for white sharks in the North Atlantic.

To take advantage of this opportunity, the 
Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries 
initiated a long-term white shark program in 2009 
to study the ecology and natural history of this 
species in the western North Atlantic. With more 
than 100 white sharks now tagged with 
sophisticated technology, Dr. Greg Skomal and his 
team are piecing together an incredible story of 
how this shark lives in the North Atlantic.

Dr. Skomal is an accomplished marine biologist, 
charismatic speaker and senior fisheries 
biologist with Massachusetts Marine Fisheries 
since 1987. He currently heads up the 
Massachusetts Shark Research Program as well as 
directing the scientific research on Great White 
Sharks off the coast of Cape Cod for the last 6 years.

  Doors will open for wine and cheese at 6 pm. Lecture at 6:30pm

The presentation is $30 per person. All proceeds 
will benefit Dr. Skomal’s research via the 
Atlantic White Shark Conservancy and the Cape Cod 
Museum of Natural History’s education programs. 
Reservations are required: Tickets available 
online at <http://www.ccmnh.org>www.ccmnh.org.

   For more information please call the Museum at 508-896-3867 ext. 133

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Teresa Izzo
Program Coordinator
Cape Cod Museum of Natural History
869 Main St./Rte. 6A
Brewster, MA 02631
508-896-3867 x137
508-896-8844 - fax 
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