South Beach has reopened after a shark sighting closed the popular Edgartown beach to swimming earlier Tuesday. Edgartown parks department director Jessica McGroarty said that the sighting occurred at 12:15 p.m.
Sharks
2024
September 9, 2024
The Martha’s Vineyard Film Center will screen the documentary Great White Summer on Sept. 12.
August 3, 2024
The sighting was around 9 a.m., according to The Trustees of Reservations, which manages the refuge, and swimming was restricted for two hours.
June 18, 2024
Greg Skomal, former lead scientist of the Massachusetts Fisheries’ Martha’s Vineyard station, has detected, inspected, dissected and protected just about every species of shark in the North Atlantic.
2023
September 26, 2023
Renowned marine biologist Greg Skomal explores the complex relationship between humans and sharks in his new book Chasing Shadows: My Life Tracking the Great White Shark. Mr. Skomal’s passion was born in 1968 when, at six years old, he watched The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau.
2022
November 11, 2022
The fin of a porbeagle shark spotted in the Vineyard Haven harbor drew a crowd of amazed onlookers Friday afternoon.
