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NEWS | 2011

Oct 5, 2011
2 min

Mickey Washed Ashore

Councillor Mickey Grant got a shock last week when he was discovered lying on the shore near Malin head. The councillor or his name sake...

Oct 5, 2011
1 min

Tour Operator Guidelines

Tour Operators Guidelines Published As part of the Inishowen Development Partnership funding package for 2011 the Inishowen based...

Aug 16, 2011
1 min

BBC2 Feature Shark Project

BBC2 will feature the Irish basking shark project this thrusday the 18th of August at 8pm. The film crew visited Malin head as part of...

Aug 5, 2011
2 min

Political Sharks Unite

In an unusual departure from political disagreement, three Inishowen based politicians have united in support and praise of a marine...

Aug 4, 2011
4 min

Interview with a Shark

BBC Foyle's marine correspondent Mark Patterson took a few hours out of his busy schedule to record an interview with the largest fish in...

Jul 8, 2011
2 min

Sharks Indicate Ocean Change

The Inishowen based basking shark study group have detected dramatic changes in 2011 throughout the Atlantic Ocean. The team of...

Jul 5, 2011
2 min

Leviathans on the Move!

A basking shark that was tagged in Dingle Bay, Co. Kerry SW Ireland by the Irish Basking Shark Project on the 20 of April has been...

May 11, 2011
5 min

Baskers in the Kingdom

by Lucy Hunt At the end of April we took the opportunity in the fine weather to get out tagging and sampling basking sharks in Kerry,...

May 3, 2011
2 min

Tory Story

The North Donegal Coast was the set location for an interesting tagging tale with a remarkable 24 visual tags deployed and the first ever...

May 2, 2011
1 min

Stranded Shark Sculptured

Not for the faint hearted or those of you with a strong sense of smell but a basking shark which stranded at Sandeel Bay Co. Wexford, has...

Apr 24, 2011
2 min

Basking Sharks Aplenty in the Kingdom

A text message from tom Hands of Dingle on the 19 April informing me of two basking sharks near his mooring off Great Blasket alerted us...

Apr 13, 2011
2 min

Marine Feast off Malin

The Inishowen Basking Shark research team hit the jackpot on Sunday with perfect calm waters and clear blue sky's off Malin head. The...

Apr 2, 2011
1 min

Early 2011 Sightings

Basking shark sightings are starting to trickle into the project teams around the country as days of calm waters have created excellent...

Mar 31, 2011
1 min

Funding Secured for Depth Charge Project

The Inishowen Development Partnership have agreed to support a new research initiative which the Inishowen based basking shark team have...

Mar 13, 2011
2 min

Seamans Club to Host Talk

On Tuesday the 15th March, the well-known Dublin institution 'The Seamans Club' will host Emmett Johnston of the Irish Basking Shark...

Mar 12, 2011
1 min

Tag 78365 Found on Orkney

One of the two Mk 10 pop off satellite tags deployed by the Irish basking shark study Group in 2009 has been found on Orkney this month!...

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