The Shark Film Office

This is Part III of a three-part recap of Shark Week 2016. To read Part I, click here . To read Part II, click here .] Friday, July 1 Shark Bait  --  More great white shark action (though really just standard great white shark action) this time on a research trip to Cape Cod, where Dr. Greg Skomal (a Shark Week regular) and crew seek to learn more about out why white sightings in the area have become more and more prevalent in recent years. The obvious factor is the resurgence of seals along the coast, with a population bulging to more than 20,000 in the last decade. Skomal and his crew take to the water to tag some great whites, but the visibility in the water -- described as "pea soup" -- makes it not only difficult to work with the sharks, but infinitely more dangerous. Skomal has to rely to aerial support, using helicopters to sight the fish from the sky above. Then, the team attempts to tag the spotted shark by the highly technological method of having a guy lay d...