The Marion Natural History Museum presents Living with White Sharks with Department of Marine Fisheries biologist Greg Skomal, Friday May 20, 7-8 pm at the Marion Music Hall – 164 Front Street, Marion.
White sharks have been returning to the Gulf of Maine in greater numbers in response to the regional recovery of seal populations. For more than a decade, the MA Division of Marine Fisheries and collaborators have been studying the ecology, behavior, and natural history of white sharks off the east coast of the U.S. Using state-of-the-art tagging technology, the focus of their current research has been to gain a better understanding of where, when and how white sharks hunt their prey. This presentation will highlight this research as we attempt to develop a science-based strategy for mitigating potential shark and human conflicts. Suggested museum donation: $8.00 members, $10.00 nonmembers. To register please go to www.marionmuseum.org