We Now Have an Official Protocol: Introducing the GLSP Shark Sighting Classification System The Great Lakes Freshwater Shark Search Project was founded on a simple idea: that the Great Lakes are large enough, deep enough, and connected enough to the broader aquatic world that the question of shark presence deserves serious, sustained scientific attention. For a long time, that conviction lived primarily in the enthusiasm of our Shark Searchers — the volunteers stationed on shorelines across...

At the Great Lakes Shark Patrol, our mission is simple: vigilance. While scientists, biologists, and “experts” insist the Great Lakes are shark-free, we ask the harder questions. The uncomfortable questions. The questions that make people nervous in knee-deep water. Questions like: Has anyone checked recently? What about migration? What about stealth?

Worried about sharks in Lake Michigan? Here’s how to survive a shark encounter in the Great Lakes while keeping your toes intact.