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Play the theme music from Jaws. Shark Week is just around the corner.
This year, the bull sharks of the Indian River Lagoon will be the subject of a program during Shark Week that will focus on how environmentally damaging algal blooms are creating “scary dead zones” in the lagoon, according to a Discovery Channel press release.
The episode was filmed in May and the one-hour episode, “Sharks of the Dead Zone,” will air on Friday, July 12 at 9 p.m.
When is Shark Week 2024?
Shark Week begins on July 7 at 8 p.m. In the first episode, “Belly of the Beast Pt. 2,” viewers will be shown terrifying feeding frenzy by great white sharks.
Shark Week airs on Discovery and has 21 episodes scheduled to air from July 7 to 13, each episode starting at 8 p.m.
Who organizes Shark Week?
The Discovery Channel has hosted Shark Week for 36 years, and actor, producer and former professional wrestler John Cena will host the week-long TV event this year.
Cena takes viewers through 21 hours of new shark footage.
Where can I watch Shark Week?
Shark Week airs on Discovery Channel and is available to stream on Max (formerly HBO Max).
Click here to view the planned program.
Which sharks swim along the Treasure Coast?
Database: Shark bites along the Treasure Coast
Whether you’re at Fort Pierce Jetty or another beach in Stuart, it’s not uncommon to see a shark. There are more than 500 species in the sea, and these are just a few of those found off the Treasure Coast:
- Blacktip reef sharks
- Bull sharks
- Lemon sharks
- Nurse sharks
- Sandbar sharks
- Spinner sharks
- Tiger sharks
There have been local sightings of more common species such as hammerhead sharks and great white sharks, but these are not as common along the Treasure Coast.
In January 2022, Sable, an 800-pound great white shark, swam about 20 miles off Vero Beach.
It was tagged by OCEARCH, a nonprofit organization that tracks and studies aquatic life for conservation purposes. Locations and names of tagged animals can be found on the website and are updated whenever a tracker sends a “ping,” which happens when an animal comes to the surface.
Gianna Montesano is TCPalm’s trends reporter. You can reach her at [email protected] or 772-409-1429, or follow her on X (formerly Twitter). @gonthescene.
