Many species of shark live in the Atlantic Ocean from the coast of Maine in the U.S. down the coast to Florida.
Most eat other fish and are predatory, meaning they search for food. Many are also considered opportunistic. If they come across an injured fish, they will eat that or scavenge another predator’s kill.

The most common species in the Atlantic are the hammerheads, the sandtiger, the bull shark, the small blacktip shark, tiger shark, and sandbar sharks. Most do not come close to the shore line, although the sandbar and bull sharks have been known to come with a few hundred feet of the shore. Bull sharks can be aggressive and defensive, and on rare occasions have attacked humans.

Remember though, most sharks do not attack humans and in the rare event they do, it’s because they think it’s another form of prey. The notorious great white shark, featured in the movie, “Jaws”, rarely is seen in the Atlantic, mostly because the waters tend to be colder.

The more common sharks in the Atlantic, the sandbar and hammerheads can range in size from a few feet to about twenty feet in length. They prefer warmer and deeper water.