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Largest male great white shark ever recorded in the Atlantic emerges off the North Carolina coast<\/p>\n
Be on the lookout\u2014Contender the great white shark<\/a> has been pinged again in the Atlantic, about 45 miles southeast of Cape Fear, near Wilmington, North Carolina<\/a>, on Feb. 8, according to OCEARCH.<\/p>\n Weighing in at almost 1,700 pounds, Contender is the largest male great white shark that OCEARCH has ever tagged in the Western North Atlantic<\/a>.<\/p>\n Largest Male Great White Shark Ever Recorded Pinged Off New Jersey Coast<\/a><\/p>\n After being tagged last year off the Florida\/Georgia<\/a> coast, he spent much of January swimming along Florida\u2019<\/a>s coast.<\/p>\n Contender the white shark was tagged on January 17, 2025, off the FL\/GA coast.<\/p>\n (FOX Weather)<\/p>\n “Contender\u2019s SPOT tag will continue providing real-time location data for the next several years, supporting ongoing white shark research and conservation efforts,” OCEARCH stated in an Instagram post.<\/p>\n ‘Contender,’ Largest Male Great White Shark Ever Recorded In Atlantic, Reemerges Off Canadian Coast<\/a><\/p>\n The organization added that the great white was named Contender in honor of Contender Boats, Inc., which is a longtime OCEARCH partner whose boats support their offshore research missions.<\/p>\n Previously, Contender has been pinged off the Canadian<\/a>, New Jersey<\/a> and Massachusetts<\/a> coasts, to name a few.<\/p>\n Contender, the 14-foot, 1600 pound great white shark on the day he was tagged by OCEARCH in January 2025.<\/p>\n How To Watch Fox Weather<\/a><\/p>\n Contender and other sharks and sea animals like him can be tracked in real-time using the free OCEARCH Global Shark Tracker app<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n![\"Contender,](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/15503c3ba08f47d63da1b2a82ca46224.jpeg\"\/)
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