Baby great white shark ‘Bella’ weighs 700 lbs. and was tracked off the coast of Virginia Beach

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A great White Shark pup weighing more than 700 pounds was just seen about 30 miles off the Virginia Beach Oceanfront.

13News Now spoke with the founder of the research organization OCEARCH, which has been tagging the sharks, about why they’re vital to the ocean’s future.

OCEARCH’s founder, Chris Fischer, said in 2006, the great white shark population had shrunk to just 9%…

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