BANGOR DAILY NEWS • August 13, 2021
The 8-foot shark named Tuck was swimming near Crescent Beach in Cape Elizabeth about 4:17 a.m., according to Ocearch, an organization that’s tracking the movements of tagged sharks. On Aug. 7, an 11-foot female great white shark named Freya was tracked in the waters off Cape Elizabeth. Her journey to Maine began on March 21, when she left Onslow Bay off North Carolina, according to Ocearch. On Aug. 9, a great white named Gladee was tracked inside Passamaquoddy Bay. The Maine coast is at the northern edge of the great white shark’s range, but the fish are not commonly spotted off Maine. There are two to three sightings of great white sharks off the Maine coast each summer. As the Gulf of Maine continues to warm, some scientists have said such sightings could become more common.