Department of Marine Resources

Researchers with Maine’s Department of Marine Resources have placed dozens of buoys off of beaches to track white sharks. They could help prevent incidents like Maine’s first fatal shark attack, which occurred off of Bailey Island last July. There are 32 buoys total stretching from York in southern Maine to Squirrel Island, near Boothbay on the Midcoast, according to...

After Maine’s first shark attack nearly a year ago, the state is adding new buoys to help track sharks.

Authorities in Maine recovered the body of a fisherman from a harbor Friday evening with help from a large search party. The state Department of Marine Resources said its marine patrol, with the help of local fishermen, pulled the body from Port Clyde Harbor in St. George. The agency received a report earlier that a local fisherman’s skiff was...