Largest Great White Shark On Record Tagged In Atlantic

Massive Shark Measuring Nearly 14 Feet Long Becomes Largest Male Great White Tagged by Researchers
Contender, a male great white shark measuring nearly 14 feet long, is the largest ever tagged and studied among the Northwest Atlantic white shark population, according to researchers.
Largest Great White Shark On Record Tagged In The Atlantic
A nonprofit research group OCEARCH tagged a massive shark, named "Contender", while swimming off Florida's East Coast near Brevard County. At 13 feet and 9 inches, weighing in at 1,653 pounds, the male shark is the largest ever recorded in the Atlantic.
MUST SEE: Largest ever great white shark tagged in Northwest Atlantic
In the must-see video above, researchers with Ocearch, a nonprofit ocean animal research and education organization, recently caught and tagged the largest male white shark yet found by their group in the northwest Atlantic shark population.
Massive predator is ‘largest male white shark’ ever tagged along East Coast, team says
While Contender is the largest male caught and tagged along the East Coast by OCEARCH, it tagged a bigger female white shark in 2020, off Nova Scotia. That shark, named Nukumi, was 17 feet, 2 inches, and weighed 3,541 pounds, data shows.
Largest white shark ever caught, tagged pings near Florida coast
The largest male white shark ever caught, tagged and released is approaching Florida's east coast, near Jacksonville. Contender, a 13.8-foot, 1,653 pound adult shark, was tagged on Jan. 17 in the western Northwest Atlantic, off the Florida-Georgia border.
‘Largest great white shark ever’ hanging around Fla. coast
According to The Florida Times-Union, OCEARCH — the aforementioned nonprofit — tagged the shark on Jan. 17. The great white, which was later given the name “Contender,” clocked in at a whopping 1,653 pounds at 13 feet, 9 inches.
Largest shark ever tagged by research group swimming off the Florida coast
Researchers are tracking what is believed to be the largest shark ever tagged by OCEARCH in the southwest Atlantic, with its last pings off Florida’s east coast.
Largest shark ever tagged by research group spotted off Florida coast
OCEARCH researchers are tracking what might be the largest male white shark ever tagged, with recent signals coming from Florida's east coast.
Watch record-breaking great white shark get tagged and released off East Coast
Scientists have tagged a giant male great white shark off the East Coast. The researchers said "Contender" is the largest male white shark ever caught and studied in the northwest Atlantic.
Largest shark ever tagged by research group — nicknamed "Contender" — is swimming off north Florida
Contender, named in honor of OCEARCH partner Contender Boats, is the largest male white shark the group has ever caught, ...
Love affair with Brevard County? Massive great white shark again surfaces on Valentine's Day
Contender, a 1,653-pound great white shark, tracked by OCEARCH, pinged again off the Florida coast on Valentine's Day, Feb.
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Biggest male great white shark tagged by OCEARCH pings again off Florida. Here's where
Contender, the largest male great white shark tagged by OCEARCH, was tagged off the Florida-Georgia line on January 17. OCEARCH, a non-profit research organization, uses satellite tags ...