1,400-pound great white shark makes New Year's appearance off Florida coast after 34,000-mile journey
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A great white shark nearly the size of a car made a New Year's Day appearance off the Florida coast near Daytona Beach. The more than 1,400-pound male shark, named Breton, has been tracked by researchers for years since he was first tagged in Nova Scotia.
Breton is a 13-foot, 3-inch great white shark that marine science nonprofit OCEARCH has been tracking since 2020. The adult shark was first tagged by researchers in September of that year near Scatarie Island, Nova Scotia, meaning that he's since made a nearly 34,000-mile journey to Florida's waters in the years since. At the beginning of December, Breton was detected in the North Atlantic in line with New England.
Researchers say that Breton was the first shark that they tagged in their 2020 Nova Scotia expedition. He has previously made trips to Florida around the same time of year, and in 2022, he went viral after his tag pings revealed that he had seemingly created a portrait of a shark outline in coastal waters.
