With the end of summer rapidly approaching, people are getting in as much beach time as they can. But the mayor of a New Jersey beach town is worried a social media trend could be setting up a potentialshark attack.<\/p>\n
“It’s not illegal to fish here. It’s not illegal to fish for shark, but it is bringing in predators, they’re looking for food and there’s a lot of swimmers here,” Bay Head Mayor Bill Curtis said, explaining his unease about videos showing people attracting sharks toward shore so they can take photos with them.<\/p>\n
In one viral video, a group of people is seen pulling an 8-foot-long bull shark onto the beach itself before snapping some photos.<\/p>\n
Curtis worries the bait used to reel in these apex predators is taking them dangerously close to the beach and unsuspecting swimmers.<\/p>\n
“Putting food in the water there for the fish to go after is just luring them closer to shore,” he said.<\/p>\n
To catch sharks, some anglers paddle out to deeper waters, drop the bait and then pull in the sharks from reels on the beach. A CBS News crew went out on a boat with Captain John Schaible, who took them about 100 yards from shore. There, in 15-foot-deep water, is where many shark fishermen drop their bait.<\/p>\n
“They are just having fun,” Schaible said of the people posting their encounters with the sharks on social media. “They’re not killing them. They’re maybe taking a couple pictures with them and letting them go.”<\/p>\n
Schaible said he doesn’t think what they’re doing is dangerous, but the mayor disagrees.<\/p>\n
“Common sense and consideration for everybody,” Curtis said. “Everybody can coexist, just be a little careful with what you are doing.”<\/p>\n
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