Crime & Safety
WATCH: Swarm Of Sharks Appearing At Jersey Shore
Beachgoers capture sharks on video as they swim near the shoreline.

Yes, itās still safe to go into the water. No, you donāt need a bigger boat.
In fact, a medium-size fish tank may be enough.
Sharks have been appearing at the Jersey Shore this summer. But, despite media reports warning people about shark attacks, they donāt appear to be a threat.
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And they certainly donāt appear to pose a threat thatās anything close to what happened in North Carolina recently.
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A viewer sent Channel 6 Action News a video of swimmers at the Jersey Shore who caught a small shark in shallow water near the shoreline on Saturday.
Brad Stokhamer and Pat Muston caught the baby shark in Sea Isle City on Saturday, according to report. Muston says heās caught three sharks over the past week.
Boaters also allegedly captured video of sharks āblitzing all aroundā about four miles off Sea Isle City. They estimated the sharks to be 30 to 100 pounds in size, and they were seen crashing the surface and chasing bunker around.
The Marine Mammal Standing Center in Brigantine has acknowledged that the sightings are more common than usual, pointing to a photo thatās been going around social media of a newborn bottlenose dolphin, and noting that dead floating animals are very likely to have shark bites.
But Robert Schoelkopf, director of the center, said people should not be so alarmed by videos of sharks. Sharks attacks, he said, are less common than ābathtub falls.ā
āBut theyāre [sharks] there all the time. People are just getting more fascinated by it,ā he said. āNow people are seeing it and theyāre freaking out about it.ā
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