GREAT WHITE SHARK IS DETECTED IN L.I. SOUND

Greenwich — An organization that electronically tracks ocean life has detected a nearly 10-foot long great white shark in Long Island Sound.

OCEARCH says it got a ping from the shark they dubbed Cabot off the coast of Greenwich on Monday morning.

Chris Fischer, OCEARCH’s founding chairman and expedition leader, says the 500-pound plus shark was tagged last year off Nova Scotia and has traveled as far south as Florida.

Fischer says it’s not unheard of for great whites to be in the Sound, but “We were quite surprised to see this one so far to the west.” He says the shark is probably after bait fish.

He expects Cabot to exit the Sound and continue north.