The 13-foot-9-inch, roughly 1,654-pound adult — nicknamed Contender — isn’t the largest male white shark ever documented in the Atlantic, but he’s notable to researchers with OCEARCH who say he’s the biggest male they’ve tagged in the western Atlantic, where adult males typically range from 11 to 13 feet.

Chanting demonstrators carrying signs gathered along the road outside the fundraiser where Vance was scheduled to headline Tuesday.

NANTUCKET — Sporting a combat veteran hat and a MASS 50501 t-shirt, retired US Army Sgt. Bryan Winter took to the stage at Children’s Beach on July 22 at a protest that coincided with Vice President JD Vance’s visit to the island.