It’s the sixth year running for Gulf State Park’s Shark Week program and it’s growing each year. For those park employees who’ve seen the program flourish since year one, it’s gratifying to see the turnout and hear input from their guests.
) - Back by popular demand again this year is, “Shark Week” at the Gulf State Park Pier. Hundreds of kids and their families will learn about sharks and rays over the five-day event. Graduate students and instructors from Mississippi State University are teaching about sharks in the hands-on affair.
“In 1993, NOAA Fisheries put in a management plan for Atlantic sharks, including the Gulf of Mexico and in the ensuing thirty years, populations have recovered,” said assistant professor with the Mississippi State University Extension Service, Dr. Marcus Drymon. “They’ve started doing much, much better and that’s a big deal. Shark populations take a long time to recover when they’ve been overfished, but we’re reaching the point where we’re seeing recovery and that’s a great thing.
“It’s weird because like, moving from the nose to tail, it’s all smooth but then, when you go from the tail to the head, it’s very rough and sharp. It’s really cool,” said Destan Holbrook of Michigan. Heather Coleman, Gaines’s mother added, “We’re staying at the State Park and they go to the nature center all the time. We come to the pier to fish so when we saw Shark Week they say, can we just go and learn more about them. We fish so much so we see them, so it’s cool to let them tell us what we’re seeing every time we’re here.”
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