Shark Sighting In Annapolis Valley Same Week As Shark Spotted At Lawrencetown Beach

Shark Fin Spotted Just Off Margaretsville Wharf

Just a day after swimmers and surfers were ordered out of the water at Lawrencetown Beach due to a shark in the water (link), mackerel fisherman at Margaretsville were treated to a surprise on Thursday afternoon as a shark, which observers say measured between 8 and 10 feet, was spotted very close to the wharf and remained for an hour or so. While it wasn’t definitive, the shark was most likely a porbeagle shark. Porbeagles generally reach 8-9 feet, and are known as the mackerel shark. This would explain why the shark was in the waters here, as mackerel are running at the moment in the Bay of Fundy, and being caught straight from the wharf in Margaretsville.