Canadian Coast Guard

The Canadian Coast Guard is presented as the authority that takes responsibility for responding to the escaped shark, committing a cutter and two helicopters to locate and kill Angel. Its brief appearance shifts the situation from a dispute over responsibility into an official search, while raising the possibility that the animal could cross beyond Canadian jurisdiction before it is found.

Role in the Response

After Mac argues that a zoo would be responsible if an escaped animal killed someone, Celeste reports that the Canadian Coast Guard has decided to handle the situation itself. The agency has dispatched a cutter and two helicopters to locate Angel and kill her. The response is concrete and forceful, but the account supplies no further operational details about the search or its outcome.

Jurisdiction and Conflict

The Coast Guard’s intervention becomes a point of disagreement aboard the pursuing vessel. Michael Maren dismisses the Canadian effort, predicting that Angel will move into Alaskan waters by nightfall and out of Canadian jurisdiction. His remark frames the response as a race against both the shark’s movement and a political boundary; it is his prediction, not confirmation that Angel crosses the border.

Narrative Significance

The organization’s limited but consequential appearance places public responsibility alongside the story’s earlier question of who should answer for a dangerous animal’s escape. Dispatching the cutter and helicopters signals that the threat is no longer treated only as a private or commercial problem. At the same time, the jurisdictional concern exposes the limits of a response tied to territory: the Coast Guard can act, but the account leaves open whether it can reach Angel in time.