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Juvenile Great White Shark caught near Rincon

Thursday, August 21, 2008 By 6 Comments
Juvenile Great White

This report just posted on SantaBarbaraSurfer.com:"5-6 ft juvenile caught in a trawler's nets off of coal oil point this morning, brought back to santa barbara harbor alive in a flooded hold, tagged by biologists, and released 1 mile off sandspit within less than 2 hours.my dad was at the harbor when they first came in, i came as soon as i could get off of work but by then they had just returned from releasing the whitey.be prepared to hear of sightings at leadbetter..."Followed … [Read more...]

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BIXBY BLOODBATH: ANOTHER SEAL MASSACRED!!!

Friday, July 11, 2008 By 19 Comments
The Bixby Ranch Seal Killer Strikes Again!Observe the festering blood slick on the surface of the water.

This floating, rotting, seal carcass was spotted today near the Bixby Ranch in Northern Santa Barbara County! Local divers entered the water and reportedly observed bite marks on the mangled, bloated pinniped corpse, accompanied by the festering, rancid, stench of death.Given the abundance of mammalian sea life in these waters, it is no surprise that this local ecosystem has repeatedly demonstrated evidence that it actively serves as a feeding ground for the ocean's most fearsome … [Read more...]

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White Shark Encounter near Point Conception

Tuesday, June 3, 2008 By 42 Comments
This Monstrous Great White Shark is Assaulting a Fishing Boat

A couple of Northern Santa Barbara County fishermen have reportedly encountered a "big, mean, fish" in the waters east of Point Conception. The female white shark, believed to be approximately 6 meters in length, is said to have approached their fishing boat several times and displayed unusually aggressive behavior.Late spring and early summer are a notorious time of the year for shark activity, due to the breeding season for white sharks and their historical feeding patterns.Scientists … [Read more...]

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Great White Shark tracked near Point Conception

Tuesday, May 3, 2005 By Leave a Comment

The great white shark that fascinated crowds during its record 198- day stay at the Monterey Bay Aquarium appears to be alive and swimming more than 200 miles south of where it was released a month ago, aquarium officials announced Monday.By Alan GathrightThe ... female shark was ... miles west of Point Conception off the Santa Barbara coast Saturday, where an electronic tag attached to it popped to the surface of the Pacific Ocean, as programmed, 30 days after the predator's March 31 … [Read more...]

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