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Even after Isabel, Ocracoke is still considered one of the top five beaches in the U.S.

Are upticks in shark attacks related to menhaden overfishing?

Richard Condrey, an associate professor of oceanography and coastal sciences at Louisiana State University, has a different hypothesis. Studying a blacktip nursery in a Louisiana bay, he and graduate student Kevin Barry found that the pups gorged exclusively on menhaden. That fish is popular as chicken feed, and current regulations allow massive harvests.

“Are we overlooking the obvious?” Condrey said. “Could sharks be looking for prey species but not finding them? Wouldn’t that cause them to hunt harder?”

Crochet your own beer can hats.

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Restocking Atlantic Sturgeon in the Hudson.