Overview

• The Atlantic Shark Institute released a 26-second video from a seafloor camera showing a great white near Block Island.
• It marks the first documentation of a white shark in Rhode Island by the group’s baited remote underwater video systems.
• Researchers assess the animal as likely a juvenile, possibly a young-of-the-year, based on its apparent size.
• The BRUV rigs are baited GoPro setups deployed about 10 times per season that record passing marine life in multi-hour intervals.
• Scientists say larger white sharks typically move north earlier in the season, whereas smaller individuals can linger in Rhode Island waters.