Don’t Think We Have Big Sharks in the Gulf of Maine? Think Again.

After sightings of deadly sharks, a Maine town will fly warning flags all summer

Flowers were placed along the beach at Mackerel Cove on Bailey Island in Harpswell following a fatal shark attack on July 29, 2020. Photo by Linda Coan O'Kresik of the Bangor Daily News.Daniel O’Connor is a Report for America corps member who covers rural government as part of the partnership between The Maine Monitor and the Bangor Daily News, with additional support from BDN and Monitor readers. Harpswell will fly shark warning flags at its be…

Don’t think we have big sharks in the Gulf of Maine? Think again.

New sightings and surprising behaviors reveal a changing shark landscape in the Gulf of Maine.

After sightings of deadly sharks, a Maine town will fly warning flags all summer

Harpswell adopted the season-long flag policy nearly six years after it was the site of the first fatal shark attack in Maine history.