[SEMCO] Seeing Deeper into the World of the Great White Shark

[Teresa Izzo]

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PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                 FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
August 27, 2018                                                                                                             Teresa Izzo
  508-896-3867 ext. 137
tizzo at ccmnh.org
 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 27, 2018 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 7 years. Join Dr. Skomal for this fascinating lecture as he recounts his findings of this amazing apex predator right off our Cape Cod shores!

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

The presentation is $50 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 www.ccmnh.org<http://www.ccmnh.org>.

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

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Teresa Izzo
Program Coordinator/Publicist
Cape Cod Museum of Natural History
869 Main Street/Route 6A
Brewster, MA 02631
508-896-3867 x 137
508-896-8844 -fax

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