video<\/a> went viral this June. The footage showed a local man, Elliot Sudal, accidentally reeling in a great white.<\/p>\n\u201cYou can\u2019t control what bites your bait,\u201d Sudal, 37, said in an interview. Sudal reeled in the shark, took the hook out of its mouth, and released it back into the sea.<\/p>\n
Sudal said locals know that great whites are a protected species and that targeting them is prohibited. He said shark \u201cinfluencers\u201d are responsible for the recent trend, hoping the illicit catch will grab views on social media. <\/p>\n
The new restrictions on Nantucket prevent fishermen on shore from using metal or wire leaders that are 18 inches or longer alongside hooks with a gap larger than five-eighths of an inch. They also restrict chumming from sunrise to sunset and the use of remote-controlled devices to deploy baited hooks. <\/p>\n
In a nutshell, the equipment best for reeling in a great white has been banned, Sudal said. <\/p>\n
\u201cShore-based anglers are not prevented from using conforming tackle to fish for other popular recreational shark species,\u201d state officials said. <\/p>\n
Permitted species include \u201cbrown sharks\u201d and \u201csand tiger sharks,\u201d the advisory said. <\/p>\n
While state officials hope the new rules will keep locals safer, Sudal doesn\u2019t believe the risk of shark attacks will really decrease.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is 1,000 percent not the baits bringing them in,\u201d Sudal said of the great whites. \u201cLike they\u2019re right there.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t even understand how people surf here, to be honest with you,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
The Nantucket regulations are temporary for now, but the division said that they are considering extending them into 2027.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe emergency regulations will remain in effect for 90 days while DMF evaluates whether to pursue permanent or broader statewide restrictions,\u201d the agency said. <\/p>\n
Jane Miller can be reached at jane.miller@globe.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The temporary measures extend restrictions that were already in place along Cape Cod, the advisory said. Nantucket had…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":804084,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[192,79],"class_list":["post-804083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=804083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804083\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/804084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=804083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=804083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}