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John J King II
- Oct 21, 2015
- 2 min
Wild Cape Cod Notebook: Winter Approaches
Our work with the Massachusetts White Shark population study is winding down with only a couple of weeks to go to the end of the field season. The air and water temperatures are dropping and with the onset of autumn the weather in New England has added some drama to our trips when we can get out. The work continues to be exciting as we have observed changes in the shark behavior and especially in the size of the sharks that are in the area. Larger sharks, both male and female
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John J King II
- Jul 1, 2014
- 2 min
Wild Cape Cod Notebook: Offshore with Blues
Summer brings with it many changes to the marine environment in and around Cape Cod and surrounding islands. As the ocean currents slowly bring warmer currents from the south the water temperatures rise and some of our migrating fishes return to New England waters along with seabirds who also feast on the bounty that the ocean yields at this time of year. We have longed to hook up with shark conservation legend and filmmaker Joe Romeiro to go offshore to find and swim with Bl
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John J King II
- May 27, 2014
- 2 min
Cetaceans on the Outer Cape
The month of May is fast moving to a close and the spring migration continues to be an adventure. Launching our boat , Aleutian Dream into the water this past weekend finally enabled us to get out in the Atlantic and off shore to investigate reports of massive schools of sand eels and voraciously feeding Humpback Whales. We were joined by friend Ted Cheeseman a Conservation Biologist and whale naturalist visiting from California and scientists from Woods Hole Oceanographic In
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John J King II
- Apr 18, 2012
- 1 min
Signs of Spring on Cape Cod
Spring normally comes late to this part of the world. We on Outer Cape Cod are shackled to the slowly warming ocean on our shores and this keeps the ambient air temperatures lower than the mainland. Everything is later. That said - 2012 spring following our very mild winter is off to a warmer than usual start. Many signs of spring are apparent. #finwhales #minkewhales #rightwhales #capecod
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