Researchers catch sharks off NY’s Hamptons, attach trackers to toothy predators0

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• September 1, 2026

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — Just off one of New York’s famed Hamptons beaches, shark researcher Greg Metzger reels in one of the day’s prize catches: a young but powerful sand tiger shark. He and another marine researcher quickly lasso the tail of the sharp-toothed female to the side of the boat and hold it steady as