Shark Sighted in Block Island’s Old Harbor Basin

A short fin mako shark. By wildestanimal @ Shutterstock.com

Your Survival Guy’s been to “the Block” many times. The Old Harbor basin is where the ferries come and go.

Jack Perry reports the sighting in the Providence Journal, writing:

A shark paid a rare visit to Block Island’s Old Harbor basin over the holiday weekend.

New Shoreham Harbormaster Kate McConville warned the public, saying in a Facebook post Monday, “We have had multiple reports of a shark sighting in and around the vicinity of the Old Harbor basin. Please use caution when around the water and report all sightings to the Department.”

McConville posted a photograph of the shark, and it appears to be a mature shortfin mako, according to Jon Dodd, executive director of the Atlantic Shark Institute in Wakefield.

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