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Mayor Warns Chumming May Draw Sharks to Jersey Shore

8/12/2026

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  • Mayor Bill Curtis warned that fishermen chumming Jersey Shore waters could lure sharks to swimmers.
  • He said bait dropped from vessels may drift to beaches, and that chumming is legal only early-morning but banned once beaches open.
  • Sharks off Maine and a tiger shark near Cape Cod were sighted as water temperatures rose into the high 70s and 80s, according to scientist John Chisholm.