Great White Shark on Nantucket
Town shellfish biologist Jeff Mercer inspects a shark that washed up on a beach off Sheep Pond Road Monday.
By Jason Graziadei
I&M Senior Writer
Martha's Vineyard may have shark sightings, but Nantucket now has the real thing.
A seven-foot shark washed up on a beach off Sheep Pond Road Monday, and Marine Department officials believe it is either a young great white shark or a mako shark.
Representatives from the Division of Marine Fisheries will travel to Nantucket Tuesday to inspect it and attempt to identify the shark.
"It could well be a white shark, but we're not going to confirm what it is until we take a look tomorrow," said Lisa Capone, a spokesperson for the Division of Marine Fisheries.
After being discovered by several children on the beach, DPW workers along with an ATV police officer towed the shark off the sand and into a front-end loader parked on Sheep Pond Road.
Lifeguards and ATV police officers pulled swimmers out of the water at beaches along the south shore earlier on Monday after beachgoers reported seeing a shark in the water, beach manager Jeff Carlson said. A similar shark sighting was reported near Miacomet beach on Sunday afternoon.
A great white shark sighting on Martha's Vineyard last week proved to be a hoax, and a 60-year-old Boston man was charged with disturbing the peace for allegedly concocting the story.
For complete coverage of this story, pick up Thursday's Inquirer and Mirror.
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