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Lobsterman Catches Great White Shark In Rockport
Local blog Good Morning Gloucester reports that a tagged great white shark was caught off the coast of a Rockport island.
ROCKPORT, MA – Rockport's popularity in the summer extends to sharks, it seems. Good Morning Gloucester – a local news blog – reported that lobsterman Gil Mitchell recently caught a tagged great white shark off the coast of Thatcher Island.
The 8-foot-7-inch shark, Cisco, was tagged in October 2016 on Nantucket, according to OCEARCH. He's traveled 2,731-plus miles since his tagging, and was named for Cisco Brewery and Nantucket's Cisco Beach.
A video tweeted by Cisco's official Twitter account noted he seems to be following the one-year migration loop of an immature male.
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Guess who is the @OCEARCH Shark of the Month?!?! @CiscoBrewers @Shark_Tracker #DontFearTheFIn pic.twitter.com/plQErgGT7E
— White Shark Cisco (@Shark_Cisco) July 2, 2017
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