ABOVE The Magellan, out of Harwich, MA, weighs a medium-sized porbeagle shark during a tournament in Newport, RI. Fishing tournaments of all kinds are ingrained into the culture of Massachusetts’ coastal communities, though shark hunts draw the most gawkers. Once on the dock, a team of scientists and interns will weigh, dissect and package the body, with some of the meat going to the captain and some to local homeless shelters. Most recently, the Cape has found itself to be ground zero of our nation’s opiate epidemic, subject to countless national articles and even an HBO documentary. As the body count rises, finding orange-and-white syringes alongside the usual cigarette butts and piles of nip bottles in parking lots has become the norm. 074 CAPE COD
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