FOXNews.com: Shark Sightings Close East Coast Beaches

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Shark Sightings Close East Coast Beaches Sep 1st 2012, 18:00 CHATHAM, Mass. –  Shark sightings off the eastern coast have beachgoers dealing with some disappointment this holiday weekend. Boston News, Weather, Sports | FOX 25 | MyFoxBoston All of Orleans' Atlantic Oceans beaches, an area on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, coast will remain closed to swimming throughout the Labor Day weekend, CapeCodTimes.com reports. And the ban comes after Chatham officials placed a restriction on swimmers at the town's ocean-facing beaches for the rest of the season due to sharks. Swimmers are warned to keep aware of their surroundings and stay at least 300 feet from any seals spotted. Sightings of sharks, including great whites, have increased off Cape Cod in recent years along with an increase in the population of seals, which sharks feed on. In July, a man was bitten on his legs by a great white shark while swimming of Ballson Beach in Truro, north of Chatam. Beaches on Cape Cod Bay remain open, MyFoxBoston.com reports. Click for more from CapeCodTimes.com Click for more from MyFoxBoston.com The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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