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Great white shark detected along SC coast. See for yourself

The 341-pound, nearly 11 foot-long female shark has been swimming along the South Carolina coast all week.

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Shark Week is every week at Jacksonville University

Jacksonville University Associate Professor of Biology Dr. Bryan Franks stopped by the show to talk about the University’s Marine Science Research Institute and its partnership with OCEARCH, a non-profit dedicated to researching ocean life – specifically sharks. Dr. Franks has been studying sharks for over 2 decades, and in honor of Shark Week this month, he talked about their importance in our oceans and the work JU and OCEARCH are doing to learn more about them.

No joke: 1,400-pound great white shark pings off Florida. His 'path' resembles shark drawing

Breton, a great white shark cruising the Florida coast, is 13 feet long and weighs nearly 1,500 pounds.

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Meet Ironbound, the 1,000-pound great white shark swimming off the coast of New Jersey

The massive shark appears to be headed north after pinging last month off the coast of South Carolina.

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Massive great white shark was lurking off North Carolina coast, tracking data show

The great white is the largest male shark the agency has ever tagged in Canadian waters.

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Massive, 1,600-pound great white shark pings off Florida coast

A massive great white shark, being tracked by OCEARCH, pinged off the Gulf Coast of Florida on Thursday.

New OCEARCH research center could be expanding to Mayport

A new OCEARCH research center could be coming to Mayport.

Yes, there's a lot of great white sharks on the East Coast. No, it's not cause for alarm.

There are sharks prowling the waters off the East Coast but experts say it's not unusual to see swarms of great white sharks off the Eastern Seaboard at this time of year.

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‘Very chunky’ shark is seen off the East Coast and experts are doing a double take

“Why you gotta fat-shame him.”

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Tracking sharks around the world with OCEARCH

These predators aren't nearly as terrifying once you get to know them and that's exactly what one group of locally based researchers is doing.

Shark that mysteriously vanished from Gulf of Mexico in March reappears off Delaware

How do you lose an 8-foot shark?

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Great white sharks are swimming near New York beaches, tracker says

Some of the tagged and tracked sharks currently in the NY area are juveniles, weighing up to 300 pounds. Others are massive, weighing almost 3,500 pounds.

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17-foot great white shark’s mysterious disappearance takes odd turn in mid-Atlantic

Who knew it was so easy to lose a 3,541-pound shark?

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17-foot great white shark’s mysterious disappearance takes odd turn in mid-Atlantic

Who knew it was so easy to lose a 3,541-pound shark?

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17-foot great white shark’s mysterious disappearance takes odd turn in mid-Atlantic

Who knew it was so easy to lose a 3,541-pound shark?

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10-foot great white shark pings off Crescent Beach

CRESCENT BEACH, Fla. – Florida has a visitor. Andromache, a 10-feet, 8-inch sub-adult female great white shark “pinged” at 8:43 p.m. on Tuesday right off Crescent Beach, Florida just south of St. Augustine Beach. Andromache’s movements are being tracked in real time by OCEARCH’s Global Shark Tracker app. According to OCEARCH, Andromache was named after a character in Greek mythology of the same name and who is a symbol of maternity, strength and courage. She was the first tagged during OCEARCH’s Expedition Massachusetts 2020.

2,000-pound great white shark pings off Florida’s Gulf Coast

Marine researchers noticed some unusual activity over the weekend when a massive great white shark was recorded off the coast of the Northwest Florida. The shark, known as Unama’ki, registered a ping offshore of Cedar Key about 7:45 p.m. Saturday. “We don’t usually get white shark pings this far northeast in the Gulf of Mexico.”Unama'ki registered a ping Saturday evening offshore of Cedar Key. (Courtesy of OCEARCH)Unama’ki was originally tagged Sept. 20, 2019, off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada, and registered its first ping about a week later. “As a big mature female, Unama’ki has the potential to lead us to the site where she gives birth and exposes a new white shark nursery.”

JU researcher sets off to tag, track white sharks off Florida, Georgia coasts

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The shark research group OCEARCH embarked on its 37th expedition right off our coast on Thursday. Now is the time of year when white sharks concentrate around the Florida-Georgia area to forage on right whales. National scientists will join forces with the Jacksonville University-based OCEARCH team on a three-week survey between Brunswick and Savannah Georgia. White sharks tagged last year close to Nova Scotia have been tracked close to the Florida coast. JU Professor Dr. Bryan Franks plans on tagging new sharks with satellite tracking devices to learn more about their movements and behavior.

12-foot-long great white shark named ’Ironbound’ joins others off coast of Jacksonville

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Ironbound, a nearly 1,000-pound great white shark tracked by OCEARCH, has been hanging out off the coast of Jacksonville. The male shark joins other large sharks such as Bailey, an 800-pound tiger shark, and Sydney, a 12-foot white shark. Ironbound is named after West Ironbound Island near Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Ocearch said. RELATED: OCEARCH finds new home at Jacksonville UniversityIronbound is off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida right now, a journey of over 1,500 miles from where he was tagged off of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. https://t.co/SPoMkHLidP — OCEARCH (@OCEARCH) December 10, 2019Sharks tend to head south to find warmer waters this time of the year.

Work begins at future Ocearch site in Mayport

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Work is underway in Mayport where new docks will be built for the OCEARCH research vessel and other ships. Jacksonville University formed a partnership with OCEARCH roughly two years ago. "Part of the idea behind this building is we'll eventually turn it into a display center," White explained, referencing one of the existing buildings. If youre downtown, youre 18 to 20 miles away, so here, we sit right at the ocean. We can do day trips, we can do short term expeditions, if you have a weather window in the wintertime, you can go for two or three days, explained White.

Ocearch founder says people have "irrational" fear of sharks

We are in the middle of the cultural phenomenon known as "Shark Week." But for some parts of America, this may seem like every week. Attacks on both coasts raise new concerns this summer about beach safety, but Ocearch founder and expedition leader Chris Fischer believes people have a "statistically irrational" fear of sharks. Fischer joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss what's behind the worldwide all-time record for attacks, how to keep safe and his latest shark tracking and tagging expeditions.

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Gayle King talks sharks in the Toyota Green Room

In this week’s edition of “Sounds of the Toyota Green Room,” “CBS This Morning” co-host Gayle King talks shark tagging with Ocearch founder Chris Fischer and co-captain Brett McBride.

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