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Boston brothers catch tiger shark off Cape Cod
The Boston Globe • • general
Key Points:
- Rouette and his brother, experienced fishermen from Cape Cod, caught a rare juvenile tiger shark, about 5 feet long and weighing 40 pounds, off the beach during a nighttime fishing trip using eel bait.
- Tiger sharks, typically a Southern warmer water species, are increasingly spotted in Massachusetts waters as ocean temperatures rise, according to shark researcher John Chisholm of the New England Aquarium.
- Juvenile tiger sharks have been appearing near Cape Cod more frequently over the past four to five years, though catching one from the beach remains uncommon.
- Rouette emphasized the need for caution when handling the potentially dangerous tiger shark and noted the catch was considered extraordinary by his colleagues at On The Water magazine.
- This recent catch follows a similar tiger shark capture near Mashpee about a year earlier, highlighting a trend of expanding tiger shark presence in the region.
