Largest ever great white shark tagged in Northwest Atlantic

MUST SEE: Largest ever great white shark tagged in Northwest Atlantic
In the must-see video above, researchers with Ocearch, a nonprofit ocean animal research and education organization, recently caught and tagged the largest male white shark yet found by their group in the northwest Atlantic shark population.
Largest shark ever tagged by research group — nicknamed "Contender" — is swimming off north Florida
Contender, named in honor of OCEARCH partner Contender Boats, is the largest male white shark the group has ever caught, tagged and released in the Western North Atlantic Ocean. The adult shark is 13.8 feet long, and weighs an estimated 1,653 pounds, OCEARCH said. On social media, the organization referred to him as a "true ocean giant."
‘Largest great white shark ever’ hanging around Fla. coast
According to The Florida Times-Union, OCEARCH — the aforementioned nonprofit — tagged the shark on Jan. 17. The great white, which was later given the name “Contender,” clocked in at a whopping 1,653 pounds at 13 feet, 9 inches.
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While Contender is the largest male caught and tagged along the East Coast by OCEARCH, it tagged a bigger female white shark in 2020, off Nova Scotia. That shark, named Nukumi, was 17 feet, 2 inches, and weighed 3,541 pounds, data shows.
Largest white shark ever caught, tagged pings near Florida coast
The largest male white shark ever caught, tagged and released is approaching Florida's east coast, near Jacksonville. Contender, a 13.8-foot, 1,653 pound adult shark, was tagged on Jan. 17 in the western Northwest Atlantic,
United States on alert for the arrival of the largest great white shark ever found
Researchers from the Ocearch Foundation have identified the largest specimen ever tracked, an impressive marine predator 13 feet long and 1540 pounds.
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