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Each summer the population of Cape Cod, Massachusetts swells as thousands of visitors head to its beaches.
每年夏天，随着成千上万的游客前往马萨诸塞州的科德角海滩。
Beneath the waves there's a growing population of other seasonal visitors, white sharks.
在海浪的下面，还有越来越多的季节性游客，白鲨。
Once killed for sport, white sharks were rare here until the species became protected along with their major food source: grey seals.
白鲨曾经是为了运动而被捕杀的，在这里很少见，直到这个物种和它们的主要食物来源：灰海豹一起受到保护。
Having sharks off of our coast really represents the fact that we have a healthy ecosystem, but clearly creates some challenges.
鲨鱼出现在海岸线周围代表了我们有一个健康的生态系统，但显然会带来一些挑战。
With the goal of fostering a peaceful coexistence between humans and sharks,
以促进人类和鲨鱼和平共处为目标，
the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy launched Sharktivity, a phone app that tracks shark sightings by staff, citizens and real-time sensors.
大西洋白鲨保护协会推出了一款手机应用程序Sharktivity，它可以通过员工、市民和实时传感器的观察来追踪鲨鱼。
There are white sharks that have acoustic tags on them and when they swim within a couple hundred yards of a receiver,
白鲨身上有声学标签，当它们在离接收器几百码的范围内游动时，
that's equipment in the water to detect them, then that information will also go up on the app.
这是水里用来检测它们的设备，然后这些信息也会出现在应用程序上。
In the summer months there are sightings nearly every day when a shark triggers a sensor near a popular area,
在夏季的几个月里，几乎每天都会有鲨鱼在某个热门区域触发传感器，
an alert appears on the app and beach managers may decide to close that beach.
应用程序上会出现警报，海滩经理可能会决定关闭该海滩。
After a recent fatal shark attack, people are learning ways to stay safer in the water.
在最近一次致命的鲨鱼袭击之后，人们正在学习如何在水中保持安全。
Windsurfer Ed Runci pays close attention to the alerts he receives.
风帆运动员鲁奇密切关注他收到的警报。
It's their ocean we're just visiting and you have to respect the locals.
我们是这片海洋的探访者，我们应该尊重那里的生物。
There's no one thing that can keep you safe. Every little bit of information helps.
没有什么东西能保证你的安全。每一点信息都有帮助。
Sharktivity currently focuses on sharks off the East Coast of North America, but its users range across the US and around the world.
Sharktivity目前主要关注北美东海岸的鲨鱼，但它的用户遍及美国和世界各地。
A sign of widespread fascination with the toothy giants.
全球都对这种牙齿锋利的巨型生物感兴趣。
For VOA news, Matt Dibble
VOA新闻玛特·迪比报道
