Dead Shark Washes Up On Cape Cod Beach

EASTHAM, MA — A dead shark washed up on shore of a Cape Cod beach Thursday, according to officials with the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy.

The porbeagle shark was found on First Encounter Beach in Eastham, but was already dead when first responders arrived.

Marine researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries Service Apex Predator Program will conduct a necropsy to determine how the shark died.

Porbeagle sharks are a species of mackerel shark, that are native to north Atlantic and south Pacific waters. They typically reach over 8 feet in length. Shark attacks from this species are extremely rare.