Officers in the main are warning swimmers and beaches to be cautious after several scenes of great white sharks in the same area, where the state’s only deadly shark attack took place.
There were two documented scenes from Belly Island, a picturesque place in Main’s Casco Bay, According to a social media post By Harpswell Marine Resource and Harbor Management. The shark notification flags are now displayed on the north -east of the island on the cedar beach.
The beach is still open to swimming, the agency said.
“This notification system is only to make informed decisions for the people,” the agency said.
The beaches that view the sharks are asked to take photos of fish and contact the Cumberland County Regional Communication Center, the sea resource agency said.
In 2020, the first and only deadly shark attack of Main took place from the coast of Bailey Island. 63 -year -old New York City woman Julie Dimpeario Holovach was floating with her daughter about 30 to 40 feet away from the island’s edge. When it was bittenHis daughter was not injured. Two kaykers helped Holovach reach the shore, where an ambulance provided care, but was declared dead on the spot.
Men officials said the shark attacking Holovach was a great white shark. Officers Described the event As an unsafe attack, but said that Holovach wore a weightcoot and could be wrong for a seal.
There are only two Documentation of documented shark attacks In the main, according to the researchers of Holovach, according to the researchers International shark attack fileFlorida Museum of Natural History and a database run by Florida University. Unprotected shark attacks are generally rare.
