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- Contender, a great white shark tagged by OCEARCH, was tracked 45 miles southeast of Cape Fear, North Carolina, on February 8.
- Weighing nearly 1,700 pounds, Contender is the largest male great white shark tagged by OCEARCH in the Western North Atlantic.
- OCEARCH said the SPOT tag will provide real-time location data for ongoing research and conservation.
