SCARBOROUGH, Maine — Rick Clough spent some four decades fishing for lobsters and sea urchins off the Maine coast before spotting one of the ocean's most recognized predators: a great white shark.

This undated image shows a great white shark, a species being seen more often in the chilly waters of New England and Canada. Atlantic White Shark Conservancy and Mass. Division of Marine Fisheries

The approximately 8-foot shark, seen off the beach town of Scarborough in July, surprised Clough but didn’t make him fear the ocean — though he admitted, “I’m not sure I’d want to go urchin diving now.”

Boaters, beachgoers and fishermen like Clough who spend time in the chilly waters of New England and Atlantic Canada are learning to live with great white sharks, the creatures made famous by the 1

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