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The Atlantic Shark Institute documented a great white shark in Rhode Island waters for the first time using an underwater video system.
The juvenile female shark was filmed by a baited remote underwater video system near Block Island.
Researchers have used this camera system for four years, previously recording other sea life but never a great white shark.
PROVIDENCE – For the first time ever, the Atlantic Shark Institute has documented a great white shark in Rhode Island waters with a type of underwater video system.
The research institute has been using baited remote underwater video systems (BRUVs) for four years and has documented many types of sea life, but the camera caught a great white shark for the first time the week of Sept. 21, according to Jon Dodd,