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It's Shark Week On Long Island: Patrols Ramped Up After Rash Of Sightings It's Shark Week On Long Island: Patrols Ramped Up After Rash Of Sightings
It's Shark Week On Long Island: Patrols Ramped Up After Rash Of Sightings “Shark Week” has come early on Long Island, forcing officials to shut down some beaches and increase patrols after several sightings. There have been multiple shark sightings off Long Island beaches this week, prompting some waters to be temporarily shut off to swimmers and for extra safety patrols in the area. Hempstead announced that they were starting a “Shark Patrol” that consists of jet-ski and team of lifeguards on a Bay Constable boat to monitor the waters due to the uptick in sightings. Nassau County Executive Laura Curran also said that there will be additional aerial and marine p…