Ocean Health Monitored by Irish Basking Shark Research
Irish Basking Shark Research may lead to monitoring of the health of the oceans. Research on the basking shark, the second largest fish...
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REFLECTIONS ON A RARE BASKING SHARK ENCOUNTER
August 2020
Dr. Simon Berrow narrates his experience with basking sharks in the fall off West Clare. The species is often seen feeding in this area in the spring - but the seasonal timing of this experience was not the only unusual component...
© Emmett Johnston
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Oct 26, 20101 min read
Second Tagged Shark Re-sighted in Scotland
A yellow-tagged shark has been reported from Scotland. This is the second re-sighting from Scotland this year following three during last...
Sep 8, 20101 min read
Satellite Tag Pop Off
A Scottish basking shark group has informed the Irish basking shark group that one of its archival tags has popped off near to Larne on...
Jul 16, 20101 min read
Re-sighting of Tagged Shark from Scotland
Although it has been quiet the last two weeks with only occasional sightings of basking sharks reported, the Basking Shark team managed...
Jun 10, 20101 min read
Early Re-Sightings
Visual tagging has successfully provided a remarkable insight into the movements of a number of tagged sharks with one yellow-tagged...
Jun 9, 20101 min read
Shark Team Survey RIB
The North west basking shark project took delivery of a newly acquired RIB for the carrying out of tagging and surveying works. The...
May 26, 20102 min read
Tag Team!
While many of us were relaxing on the beaches around the coast of our Atlantic washed Island, a team of Irelands leading marine...
May 19, 20102 min read
The Sharks are Back
The Inishowen based Basking Shark Project has confirmed that the biggest fish in the ocean has returned to our coastal waters in huge...
May 7, 20102 min read
Shark Catch!
A large (6-9m) basking shark was caught in mono-filament netting off Killala at Enniscrone, Killcullen on the 17th of March 2010. Members...
May 6, 20101 min read
Basking Shark Research on RTE Player
The work of the basking shark research team was featured on a documentary on RTE last night. As part of "Wild Journeys", the tagging and...
May 5, 20102 min read
You Can Contribute!
Irelands most Iconic marine species the basking shark is in need of your assistance. The Basking Shark research team is a group of...
May 3, 20101 min read
Wild Migrations
RTE's new flagship wildlife series is to feature the Irish Basking Shark Project on Easter Sunday the 4th of April. The programme will...
Apr 14, 20101 min read
Shark Slime!
Research on basking sharks, funded by the Heritage Council will be the subject of a live lecture by Dr Simon Berrow under the auspices of...
Apr 12, 20101 min read
Shark Divers!
Dive Ireland invited the Irish Basking shark Project to speak at the Dive Ireland Expo 2010 in County Cavan. Emmett Johnston one of the...
Feb 5, 20107 min read
The Law Cannot Restore Life to a Dead Shark
However Elaborate, The Law Cannot Restore Life To A Dead Shark! by Edward Fahy, as published in the marine times in January 2010 On 21st...
Nov 8, 20092 min read
Irish Shark Hunters Gather
The modern day shark hunter might not be seeking the basking shark for its oil or skin but as those attending the first Irish basking...
Oct 26, 20091 min read
Selling Shark Meat is Illegal
A basking shark was recently landed into Howth, Co Dublin after being incidentally caught alive in a prawn trawler. The skipper had hoped...
Oct 13, 20091 min read
First Irish Basking Shark Seminar
The first Irish Basking Shark Seminar on the study and conservation of basking sharks in Ireland will be held at the Bord Iascaigh Mara,...
Sep 22, 20091 min read
Reward for Finding Basking Shark Tag
There is a 200 sterling reward for anyone who finds a basking shark tag thought to be washed up in County Dublin or Wicklow. Our...
Sep 16, 20091 min read
Basking Sharks Return!
September has seen a return of basking shark sightings around the coast of Inishowen, Co. Donegal with large aggregations reported off...
Aug 11, 20092 min read
100th Basking Shark Tagged this Season
The 7m Basking shark was tagged off the Blasket Islands, Co Kerry on Sunday 9 August. This was the 100th shark tagged this season, an...
Jul 27, 20093 min read
First Irish Basking Shark Satellite Tags Deployed
The first satellite tags ever deployed on basking sharks in Ireland were successfully attached this week. Two Wildlife Computers MK10...
Jul 7, 20091 min read
Tagged Shark Sighted off Tiree, Scotland
Amazingly one of the yellow visual Tags deployed off Malin head, Co. Donegal was re-sighted off Tiree, Scotland 26th June 2009, the...
Jul 3, 20092 min read
Sharks Fly off Malin Head
Imagine a fish that is larger than a double decker bus and weighs more than an African elephant. Now Imagine you saw it fly! That's...
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