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11-Foot Shark Pings Off Jersey Shore, Long Island
A massive white shark named Dold was tracked just off the coast of New Jersey and Long Island on Friday, June 20, according to the latest OCEARCH data.
At 11:41 a.m., Dold, an 11-foot, 2-inch, 761-pound male, pinged east of Sandy Hook, about halfway between the Garden State and Montauk, based on satellite maps.
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Dold was tagged on Feb. 28, roughly 45 miles off the Florida-Georgia border, as part of the OCEARCH Western North Atlantic White Shark Study. Since then, he’s logged an incredible 2,915 miles of travel, researchers said.
He's classified as a subadult male, and has been nam…
Deadly Bacteria Risk In Fish Sold Across NY Prompts Large Recall, FDA Says
A smoked fish recall is affecting more than 70 grocery stores across New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut due to a life-threatening botulism risk, health officials said.
P. East Trading Corp., based in The Bronx, NY, issued the recall on Tuesday, June 10, the Food and Drug Administration said. State inspectors found that P. East's Salted Smoked Split Herring was uneviscerated and longer than five inches.
The long fish is a violation that increases the risk of contamination with Clostridium botulinum.
"Botulism, a potentially fatal form of food poisoning, can cause the following …
