September 21, 2018 — A community meeting has been scheduled for next week on the Outer Cape to discuss the recent fatal shark attack in Wellfleet.
Officials will also address the larger issue of how to best manage the increasing numbers of great white sharks off local beaches.
Wellfleet Town Administrator Dan Hoort said the meeting will take place at 6 p.m. on September 27 at the Wellfleet Council on Aging.
Hoort said everything will be on the table in terms of discussion points as they want to see what we can do to protect beachgoers.
“We hope to bring in a couple of experts in shark activity to help facilitate the conversation,” Hoort said.
“We want to hear from them and we want to hear from the community.”
Representatives from the Center for Coastal Studies in Provincetown, the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy and many local lawmakers and town officials are being invited.
Hoort is also hoping Dr. Greg Skomal, the state’s shark expert and senior fisheries scientist with the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, will be able to attend.
Arthur Medici, of Revere, was fatally wounded by a shark bite on Saturday while boogie boarding at Newcomb Hollow Beach.