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More seals means learning to live with sharks in New England

by Associated Press
| July 30, 2020 5:27 AM

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Seals are thriving off the Northeast coast thanks to decades of protections, and that victory for wildlife has brought a consequence for humans — more encounters with sharks.

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