Event Date:
1/6/2014 12:00:00 AMDescription
In this episode of Expedition New England Scott Tucker leads you on a journey into the world of New England Sharks like never before. Not only does he lead a trip with Captain Charlie Donilon 30 miles off Pt. Judith in search of an encounter with a Mako he also goes to Montauk New York to witness first-hand the destruction of these apex predators by shark hunters looking for big money at Star Island Yacht club annual Shark Tournament. Scott also inter-weaves fascinating narrative by University of Hartford’s Dr. Joanna Borucinska who studies diseases in sharks and her confirmation that they do in fact get cancer. Finally, Scott examines why we are obsessed with fishing by introducing his own son Race into the picture and proposes a theory on human evolution.