According to The Wall Street Journal's article,
Cape Cod's New Normal - Sharks are Everywhere, great white sharks are as much a way of life now as the protected and flourishing grey seal population in Cape and island waters that's estimated at more than 50,000.
"Many people grew up or summered in the Cape without fear, lulled by an artificial environment cleansed of seals and sharks because of human hunting. Until last year, great whites hadn't killed someone off the Massachusets coast since 1936. The federal government passed a law protecting ocean mammals in 1972, bolstering a state halt on bounty hunting, and the seal population has flourished."
Another consequence of all the seals is far fewer fish for recreational and commercial fisherman.
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