chris fisher, the founder of o-search, tracking mary lee. to have a shark of that side or any shark 200 yards from the beach in jacksonville? >> well, good morning. what we're finding with mary lee, she is very coastal. it shocked us all. no one knew what was going to happen, where she was going to go when we tagged her last september in cape cod and she's shown us, she's a very coastal animal. why did she cruise straight to the southeast and begin living on the beaches between jacksonville and north carolina? opening a whole new set of questions up for our chief scientist out of massachusetts. ist really been thrilling. we're seeing from her she's very coastal. >> what else have you noticed in what you are tracking from her? when you say coastal, i think shark on the beach. what is interesting for scientists to see? >> well, in other parts of the world we see big white sharks roam around the open ocean. these appear the north click white sharks, or at least mary lee, named after my mom, is very coast coastal. in and out of beach. and asking

chris fisher is the founder of o search. mary lee gets too close for comfort. now it seems a little too close for comfort off the coast of north carolina, chris. >> yeah, good morning, john. i was shocked again yesterday when she was very near a place in north carolina. now she rounded hateras. phenomenal to see her movements throughout the southeast. she is shocking all of us, including the scientists. in the last week she's moved from charleston up the beach to myrtle beach. she's rounded cape fear, cape lookout and now at hateras. you know, really expecting her to turn back south. it's a little bit too early in the winter for i guess a snow shark to be heading north. we feel like she'll head south again. but really no one knows. this is the first time we've ever been able to do this. >> part of what you do is warn people which the sharks you track get too close to shore. why do you do that? how close did she get this time? >> well, i mean our primary purpose in this is research, to figure out where they're breeding and wh

chris fisher is the founder of osearch.e called jacksonville police to get the warning out to tell them to tell people to stay away. this is incredibly cool. tell me where mary lee is right now? is everyone safe? >> of course, everyone was safe all along. mary lee is about a dozen miles or so off shore, but she did slide in yesterday evening, right into the beach, off the breakers of a public beach and i get e-mails every time the sharks around the world ping in that we are tracking, normally, it's like that's interesting, they are breeding, are they feeding? every once in a while i have to call somebody. i called jacksonville beach. >> this happened yesterday morning. what happens? >> it was in the evening before i went to bed, and i get an e-mail every time they ping in. it goes up on the tracker and i saw the location, the shark was in the surf break this is a big, mature, freight white shark. mary lee, named after my mom, and i had to call somebody. it was the right thing to do. nothing to worry about, but strictly deli

mary lea is being tracked by chris fisher. mr. fisher talked with john berman about tracking this great white and making sure people know what she's up to. >> when a 16-foot mature white shark over 3500 pounds comes close to a populated area, i feel an obligation to call. when you look at her track observe past two weeks from jacksonville beach to where she is now off cape hatteras, she's been exploring the coast, going in and out, near a lot of estuaries and river mouth. she's moved from charleston, to myrtle beach, rounded cape fear, cape lookout, now at cape hatteras. really expecting her to turn back south. it's a little bit too early for a snow shark to be heading north. we'll feel like she'll head south again. no one knows, this is the first time we've been able to do this ever. >> he named her after his mom, too. how adorable is that? thanks for watching, everyone. "newsroom international" starts right now. >>> welcome to "newsroom international." i'm suzanne malveaux. take you around the world in 60 minutes. an important p