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Outer Cape Shark Mitigation Alternatives Analysis

To help support public officials, this study was commissioned as a joint stakeholder effort to compile information and perform an independent technical review of various shark mitigation alternatives.  The intent is to provide a consolidated resources where information can be obtained by stakeholders to review when considering alternatives.

The Woods Hole Group, a CLS company, published the report Outer Cape Shark Mitigation Alternatives Analysis; Evaluating strategies to support regional decision making and public safety efforts for the Towns of Chatham, Orleans, Eastham, Wellfleet, Truro, and Provincetown, the Cape Cod National Seashore, in partnership with the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy.  Municipalities supported in part by grant funding provided by the Department of Housing and Community Development’s District Local Technical Assistance Program through Cape Cod Commission. Cape Cod National Seashore supported by grant funding provided by the Friends of the CCNS, Wellfleet, MA.