A great white shark, measuring over three metres in length, is moving north along the east coast of the US. 9News
reveals "Maple" has swum more than 7000 kilometres after she was tagged off Ironbound Island, Nova Scotia in September last year.'Maple' was named after one of Canada's national emblems."She had a distinctive wound on the left side of her body," OCEARCH says.
"After the initial assessment, our science team believes it was likely due to a recent interaction with another larger white shark. This interaction was possibly an example of dominance behaviour."Maple had substantial gashes on the left side of her body. Another shark is believed responsible for the wounds.
At this time of the year, a population of Western North Atlantic great white sharks move north to the waters off New England and Nova Scotia for what OCEARCH calls the "summer feeding aggregation".Photo of shark from below pushed free-diver 'to the limits'