SHARK TRACKER: ‘Katharine’ The 14-Foot Great White Shark Back In Brevard County Waters
By Space Coast Daily // January 24, 2017
14-foot, 2,300 pound shark
BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – Great White Shark ‘Katharine’ was recently pinged in Brevard County’s waters.
Her last ping came in at 6:44 a.m. on Monday. (As seen in the graph above)
After spending some time in the Bahamas, Katharine made her way to West Palm Beach but quickly changed plans when she turned north on January 13.
Since then, she turned west to Brevard County on Sunday and continues to move further west towards Cocoa Beach as of Monday.
Since being tagged in 2013, she has swam over 28,000 miles.
Katharine, who was tagged off Cape Cod, Massachusetts, was named by Cat Products fans in honor of Katharine Lee Bates, a Cape Cod native and songwriter – best known for her poem and song “America The Beautiful”, which has been called “an expression of patriotism at its finest.”
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ABOVE VIDEO: Tagging of the Great Shark ‘Katharine’ by Ocearch in 2013. (OCEARCH .Video)
