Spencer Norton was far from land when he saw splashing behind his boat. It was a clear day in late August of this year, and the commercial fisher from ...
The white shark that popped up near Norton's Boat on Aug. 21. ContributedSpencer Norton was far from land when he saw splashing behind his boat.
Suddenly, the red hue began to gush a vibrant red, and a gray fin popped out of the water just next to the boat. “I realized the splashing I had seen was the shark going in for the kill,” Norton told SaltWire Network during an interview on Sept. 2.Norton has been fishing off P.E.I. for most of his life. He bought his first commercial boat in 2009, spending several years fishing bait fish such as herring or mackerel. In recent years, he has shifted mostly to tuna and lobster, making it necessary for him to be in deeper water.“I see there is probably an increase of white sharks.
There is also an estimated eight million grey seals in the water between P.E.I. and Newfoundland, and they are a primary source of food for white sharks.“It’s prime feeding. It’s the same tuna do. They migrate here to forage, then they go back to breed. It’s the same as the sharks are doing."His advice for anyone who might be worried about a shark encounter is to not swim on beaches close to fishing grounds.
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