Long Island's shores are seeing more sharks visiting, and it's likely that trend will continue _ but experts say it's not necessarily a bad thing.
Authorities on Long Island are being extra-vigilant after a shark bite a lifeguard over the weekend.More sharks are being spotted in the waters off Long Island, a trend that is likely to continue — and experts say that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
"There are a lot more sharks than 10 or 15 years ago," Christopher Paparo, manager of Stony Brook University’s Marine Sciences Center, told Newsday. "We’re spotting sharks, whales and dolphins here. In the 1960s, we did not have sharks, whales and dolphins." In Suffolk County, lifeguards use binoculars to scan the waters for fins cresting the surface or large schools of fish that attract sharks.
It was the first time in more than 30 years that a shark sighting prompted that response, Keith Kolar, the assistant chief of the county's lifeguards, told Newsday. The second time occurred after a lifeguard was bitten this month.
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