Authorities are warning the public to remain vigilant after two great white sharks were spotted off the coast of Maine\u2019s Bailey Island within 48 hours, the Harpswell Marine Resources and Harbor Management said in\u00a0a Facebook post<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n In response to the sightings, officials have posted shark notification flags throughout Cedar Beach, the post said.\u00a0<\/p>\n SHARK BITES BEACH FISHERMAN WHO DRAGGED THRASHING PREDATOR BACK TO WATER AFTER CATCH<\/a><\/p>\n People cross Mackerel Cove on Bailey Island in a skiff in Harpswell, Maine, July 28, 2020.\u00a0 (Gregory Rec\/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images)<\/p>\n Visitors who observe a shark are asked to take a picture and contact the Cumberland Regional Communication Center to help officials “take appropriate action at the time of the sightings.”\u00a0<\/p>\n The beach<\/a> remains open to swimmers, and officials have launched a notification system to keep visitors safely informed in the event a shark is spotted nearby.\u00a0<\/p>\n The sightings come five years after the same island was the scene of the Pine Tree State\u2019s first documented fatal shark attack.\u00a0<\/p>\n NYC TEMPORARILY SHUTS DOWN QUEENS BEACHES AFTER SHARKS SWIM DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO FOURTH OF JULY CROWD<\/a><\/p>\n Authorities are warning beachgoers to remain vigilant after two great white sharks were spotted within 48 hours off the coast of Bailey Island, Maine.\u00a0 (iStock)<\/p>\n A woman was killed by an unprovoked shark<\/a> while swimming off the shore of Bailey Island in July 2020.\u00a0<\/p>\n A witness initially saw the woman in the water when she was injured in an apparent shark attack, Maine Marine Patrol previously said.\u00a0<\/p>\n Two kayakers managed to reach the injured woman and brought her to shore, where first responders attempted to save her life.\u00a0<\/p>\n SERENE SOUTHERN VACATION TOWN REPORTS 2ND SHARK ATTACK OF SUMMER AMID HEAVY TOURIST TRAFFIC<\/a><\/p>\n The waters of Mackerel Cove off Bailey Island where a woman was attacked and killed by a great white shark in Harpswell, Maine, July 28, 2020. \u00a0\u00a0 (Gregory Rec\/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images)<\/p>\n The woman died, Marine Patrol said.\u00a0<\/p>\n Last year, 71 shark bites were recorded throughout the United States, according to<\/a> the Florida Museum of Natural History\u2019s International Shark Attack File.\u00a0<\/p>\n![\"People](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/maine-shark-new-england-beach_02.jpg\")
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