Med beach closed after shark alert
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SEA IS EVACUATED AFTER SWIMMERS SPOT A PAIR OF BLUE SHARKS IN THE WATER NEAR PERPIGNAN BATHERS were ordered out of the sea near Perpignan yesterday afternoon after two sharks were spotted in
the water. Two swimmers raised the alarm at about 3pm when they saw two fins in the water about 50 metres from the coast of Canet-en-Roussillon, near the Spanish border in the
Pyrénées-Orientales. The sea was evacuated by the _pompiers_ and swimming was banned for the rest of the day. The pair of blue sharks – one about 2m long and the other about 1m – had been
pushed towards the coast by a strong sea wind. Marine biologist Jacques Carrière told _La Dépêche_ newspaper that the species was “absolutely not dangerous” and he had never heard of anyone
being bitten by a shark in this region. The beach is due to reopen for bathers later today.