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Having had expewrienced fish that were the victims of both sharks and seals and having witnessed the attacks and had visual confirmation I can say that it was a shark.
Seals leave punture wounds like a dog bite if the fish escapes in the first moments of the encounter.
Sharks bite clean 99% of the time.
Years ago, on Monomoy, I had two fish near 30 pounds on s tringer as we would walk out onto a bar to a channel edge at night 50 to 60 yards offshore in three feet of water and fish the channel drop off with eels of plugs. This particular night I was alone there out on the bar casting F-80s and taking an occasional fish which would be strung on the rope rather than making the long walk back to shore.
The third fish I hooked that night was in the same range, about 30 pounds and took off down tide in the channel when the water just exploded out in the dark and for a second or two the rod just doubled over and line screamed then just dead weight and quiet.
I reeled up the weight and found half a bass from just foreward of the vent to the tail gone. The bass had the Rebel firmly hooked in it's jaw. The fish would have gone 30 pounds and was cut clean in an arc.
It was an anxious walk back to shore with my rod butt at the ready.
I never ventured out on that bar again at night.
In the last couple years I have hooked both bass and Bluefish that were attacked by seals in daylight and dark and the wounds are puncture type or torn and chewed.
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