Percy, a subadult nice white shark, is making strikes up the coast of Lengthy Island, almost certainly heading additional north towards cooler waters.
Tagged simply over a yr in the past on July 28, 2025, by OCEARCH in collaboration with the Tancook Islands Marine Subject Station off the coast of Nova Scotia, Percy has made the trek from Canada all the way in which down into the Gulf and again up the East Coast.
In that point, he’s traveled 4,660 miles, based on OCEARCH knowledge.
Percy was 432 kilos and 9 ft, 9 inches lengthy when he was tagged.
He was the sixth shark tagged throughout OCEARCH’s summer time residency subject analysis research in 2025.
On Tuesday, precisely a yr after he was tagged, Percy pinged simply off the coast of Lengthy Island, about 14 miles from Ocean Seashore, New York.
In lower than a day, Percy traveled from off the coast of Sea Isle Metropolis, New Jersey, as much as Lengthy Island.
Percy’s actions are serving to OCEARCH scientists and researchers study extra about younger white sharks’ seasonal actions.
OCEARCH is a world nonprofit group devoted to researching and defending sharks, whales, sea turtles and different ocean life, tagging these animals to trace and research their migration habits and behaviors from afar.
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