The state Department of Marine Resources says that for the first time, recent research reveals that multiple white sharks have been found in the same place, at the same time, off Scarborough Beach. The findings were revealed at a public forum in Saco on Monday, November 3, where state science and policy experts began a public conversation about the future of shark management in Maine.

About 25 people turned out to Saco City Hall to find out what the state's lone shark researcher has been learning about shark activity, especially that of federally protected white sharks, in Maine's coastal waters.

Matt Davis runs the state's white shark monitoring program , which was created in 2020 after Maine's first recorded fatal shark attack occurred near Bailey's Island, and is still in its early

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