Others questioned the wisdom of fishing off a public beach where swimmers are present. Dr. Sean Powers says shark fishing off the beach is fine and isn’t likely to bring more sharks in near shore.

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For a century now, residents of and visitors to Kure Beach in southern New Hanover County have been drawn to the fishing pier there.