Sharrine sharks seen in the maritime provinces

In the last few weeks, videos of shark-pilgrim circulates on social networks. In addition, They were seen in the sectors of Richibucto. Nevertheless, Saint-Jean in New Brunswick, as well as in the north of the Prince Edward Island.

Ashley Vulturity lives Chance Harborin the Saint-Jean region, and is part of a family of fishermen. Similarly, On July 7, she was aboard her father’s boat, the Bay City Onein the handle Little Musquash.

It was there that she saw the biggest fish in her life.

We were in the process of installing our shouting fishing equipment. Consequently, laying our hooks and taking out the lines at the back of the boat when my father who was sailing “Hey, look on the left, there is a shark! Similarly, ”. However, We all run sharrine sharks seen maritime provinces on the side of the boatshe says.

A large shark was swimming, right next to uscontinues Ashley Vulture. Consequently, I was so excited! Similarly, I caught my phone as fast as I could.

The big squale near the boat. In addition, several meters long, is a shark, as confirmed by peaches sharrine sharks seen maritime provinces and oceans.

The father ofAshleywhich started fishing in this sector four decades ago at the age of 16. said they had seen only about four or five sharks in without career.

We watched him swim slowly next to us, while the boat continued to move forward. When he moved away. he did a plouf with his tail, he went underwater, he went up and then he disappeared,, that Ashley Vulture.

A few days later. on July 12, the group Kent County Animal Rescue shared on his social networks a video that has become viral taken by Pierre Robichaud, where we see, again, a pilgrim shark.

This time, the big fish swims in the waters of Bell Buoy in Richibucto. It is a distance of more than 200 km as the crow flies Little Musquash.

Nicole Thebeu. of the team of Kent County Animal Rescueremains near the shore in Richibucto and says it was surprised to see the video taken by its neighbor Pierre Robichaud.

We are all the time at the boat [et] We have never seen what even in our watersshe launches. My concern is that if this kind of shark is there, there sharrine sharks seen maritime provinces must be others.

From what I can see is one of the nicest of sharks. but I would still like bumper insideshe laughs, laughing.

At the same time. approximately 300 km navigable distance off the north coast of Prince Edward Island, a ten-meter shark reporting also took place on July 3 and filmed by Don Gauthier.

Boris Wormprofessor of sharrine sharks seen maritime provinces marine conservation. biology at the University of Dalhousie, says that only a few reports of shark-pilgrim have taken place in this sector of the Gulf Saint-Laurent in the last 30 years.

He notes that sharks are not extremely rare in the region. but their reports are, since they generally swim in deeper waters.

Sharrine sharks seen maritime provinces

A species in danger in the Atlantic. says the MPO

For his part, the MPO Also asks the population to point out their harassment shark observations, in order to document the species in the region.

The Atlantic Shark population has been considered worrying by sharrine sharks seen maritime provinces the Situation of Species in Danger in Canada (COSEPAC). although its presence is quite frequent, both in Fundy bay in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

Despite the fact that it is relatively harmless to humans. the shark to remain an imposing wild animal which must be treated with respect and observed remotelywritten by email the spokesperson for MPOChristine Lyons. It is advisable to let them go away when we see them in the water.

They can. continues the MPO, Be observed from May to September near the coast, in waters whose temperature varies from 7 to 16 degrees Celsius.

Boris sharrine sharks seen maritime provinces Worm Add that their presence on the surface could explain to climate change.

With information from Pascale Savoie-Brideau, Kristina Cormier and CBC