Secrecy Abounds in Government Officials’ Shark Meetings on Cape Cod

Local, regional, state, and federal government officials afraid that supporters of hunting sharks and seals would dominate the discussion have kept meetings on Cape Cod's shark problem closed to the public.

"The public and the media have been banned from meetings of the regional shark working group composed of town employees, state shark scientists and environmental police, and members of the private nonprofit Atlantic White Shark Conservancy. Meetings between town managers and administrators and officials from the Cape Cod National Seashore also have been closed," reports The Cape Cod Times.