{"id":289805,"date":"2025-11-13T20:58:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T20:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/289805\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T20:58:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T20:58:15","slug":"largest-male-great-white-shark-ever-on-record-spotted-off-the-east-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/289805\/","title":{"rendered":"Largest male great white shark EVER on record spotted off the east coast"},"content":{"rendered":"

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THE largest great white shark ever recorded in the Atlantic has been spotted off the East Coast of the United States.<\/p>\n

Contender, an adult male shark<\/a>, has made his way up and down the East Coast this year, with him last stalking the coast of Quebec, Canada.<\/p>\n

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The largest shark ever recorded was tracked on the coast of New JerseyCredit: Instagram\/Ocearch<\/p>\n

The shark, Contender, is an adult maleCredit: Instagram\/Ocearch<\/p>\n

Contender weighs over 1600 poundsCredit: Instagram\/@OCEARCH<\/p>\n

The great white<\/a> weighs a shocking 1653 pounds and measures 13 feet long.<\/p>\n

Since January, he\u2019s been tracked by the global nonprofit Ocearch, which collects data to help scientists understand the ocean.<\/p>\n

At the beginning of the year, Contender was caught<\/a> off the coast of the Florida\/Georgia coastline.<\/p>\n

Now, the massive shark is hovering around New Jersey as it begins its journey down the coast.<\/p>\n

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SHARK BAIT<\/p>\n

Main ‘Contender’ for world’s largest great white shark emerges off East Coast<\/p>\n

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Biggest great white shark ever – known as ‘Contender’ – is caught<\/p>\n

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From April to mid-June, the shark was spotted around the Outer Banks in North Carolina.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For Contender\u2019s movements to be tracked, his tracker must send a signal, or \u201cping.\u201d<\/p>\n

A ping registers when his dorsal fin breaks water, and an Argos satellite records it.<\/p>\n

In July, the shark continued its journey north and was later pinged off the coast of Massachusetts.<\/p>\n

As fall approached, Contender was pinged in Canada, and in late October, he was pinged as he headed back down to the US.<\/p>\n

Researchers say that makes Contender \u201cone of the furthest northern pinging sharks that we\u2019ve had.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chris Fischer, founder and expedition leader of OCEARCH, said, \u201cOnly a couple have made it that far north.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn animal like that, spending the summer and fall up north \u2013 what are they doing?<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, a lot of what they\u2019re doing is preparing for the winter.\u201d<\/p>\n

Two weeks later, Contender was pinged off the coast of Atlantic City, New Jersey.<\/p>\n

The shark was pinged going up and down the East CoastCredit: Instagram\/Ocearch<\/p>\n

\u201cEach ping adds another clue to the puzzle of white shark migration in the Western North Atlantic\u2014and our team is tracking every move,\u201d OCEARCH said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Contender is expected to make his way back down to Florida for warmer water and more food sources.<\/p>\n

Scientists are hoping tracking Contender could help them figure out where great white sharks mate.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese big mature males are hugely important because they can help us understand where and when mating is occurring,\u201d Fischer said.<\/p>\n

Unlike females with complex two-year migratory cycles, \u201cthe male white sharks basically have their whole year revolve around mating.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cThere\u2019s never been a white shark mating site identified anywhere in the world in any one of the nine populations,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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