RI Couple Featured On 'Shark Week'

SOUTH KINGSTOWN, RI — Every summer, people can't seem to get enough of sharks. Whether, they're fans of the sea predators or afraid of them, millions of people watch "Shark Week" on Discovery Channel every year.

And this year, Rhode Island was represented during "Shark Week." Exeter couple Joe and Lauren Romeiro happen to work as an international wildlife team. Boating out of Wakefield, the couple have spent countless hours in Rhode Island waters documenting great whites, makos, porbeagles and blue sharks.

Their documentary, "Dawn of the Monster Mako," aired on the Discovery Channel Friday. And if you missed it, you still got a chance to watch on Discovery +.

Rhode Island is where Joe and Lauren have seen some of the world's largest makos, but when a 14-foot giant mako shark was spotted in the waters off the Azores, they travel to the remote islands there to search the teeming depths in hopes to capture the animal on film.

Using non-invasive camera tag technology and remote deep sea cameras that go deeper and operate longer than ever before, The Romeiros were able to reveal amazing secrets and results they weren't expecting.

"Seeking a mako of that size is "like you are looking for a unicorn, and you just found Bigfoot," Joe Romeiro said.