Green Marine Checks Out
Green Marine has sent his last position report: The shark has remained close to its last position off the coast of Wales in the Irish...
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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
NEWS | 2012
- Dec 19, 2012
- 3 min
Banba Seeks Winter Sun
‘Banba’ a female basking shark tagged in July with a satellite transmitter off Malin head, Co. Donegal has just released its transmitter...
- Oct 3, 2012
- 2 min
Green Marine in Irish Sea
The Monster Munch project tagged shark Green Marine has checked in again this time off the coast of Wales in the Southern Irish Sea. This...
- Aug 27, 2012
- 1 min
Bunagee in Hebrides
The tagged shark adopted by the Culdaff community on Inishowen as part of the IDP Monster Munch basking shark community awareness program...
- Aug 24, 2012
- 1 min
2011 Tag Resighted
2011 White Tag Re-sighted oof Coll, Scotland A white tag deployed off the coats of Inishowen, Co. Donegal has been captured by dive...
- Aug 21, 2012
- 1 min
Colm Heads to Clare
Colm doesn’t Cille the Glengad named shark from the IDP funded Monster Munch project has reported its position on August 20thoff the...
- Aug 14, 2012
- 2 min
Tags all at Sea
After many months of determined effort all five tags from the Monster Munch Project have been deployed in Inishowen Waters. Colm doesn’t...
- Aug 14, 2012
- 1 min
Scottish Shark Moves South
A neighbouring basking shark project based in the Hebrides on the west coast of Scotland is currently tracking a shark through Inishowen...
- Aug 14, 2012
- 1 min
Green Marine Reports In
Green Marine is the first Monster Munch shark to report its position with other sharks reporting depth and temperature readings via...
- Aug 1, 2012
- 1 min
Shark Time!
Finally a number of sharks have been recorded of the coast of Ireland with concentrations around the north coast. Ten separate sightings...
- Aug 1, 2012
- 1 min
Banba's Away
Recent shark sightings reports around the Inishowen coast have resulted in two of the Monster Munch Project sharks been tagged off Malin...
- Jun 5, 2012
- 1 min
All Aboard Surveys
May 26th - 30th 2012 With calm sea’s and perfect sunshine the majority of Inishowen’s Monster Munch community schools have successfully...
- Jun 5, 2012
- 2 min
Night at the Museum
The Monster Munch project has delivered a five month community awareness programme using basking sharks as a medium to inform Inishowen’s...
- May 7, 2012
- 2 min
Ready or Not
An unusually early start to the shark season in April caught Irelands basking shark research teams a little off guard. Now as the summer...
- Apr 10, 2012
- 2 min
Blasket Bloom
Following numerous reports of large concentrations of basking sharks from County Cork to County Galway the Irish Basking Shark Study...
- Mar 30, 2012
- 2 min
Inshore Sightings Begin
The month of March is not normally associated with high numbers of shark sightings in Irelands inshore waters but the recent high...
- Mar 30, 2012
- 2 min
Monster Munching
The Inishowen based schools led community awareness project has successfully completed the initial shore stage and the students are now...
- Mar 1, 2012
- 1 min
First Basking Shark Sighting of 2012
The First basking shark sighting of the year was recorded on 28 February, 350km southwest of Ireland during the Cetaceans on the Frontier...
- Mar 1, 2012
- 8 min
Kerry Basking Shark Project Report 2011
Written by Lucy Hunt MSc. SUMMARY The Kerry Basking shark project researches basking sharks in the Kerry region studying temporal and...
- Feb 17, 2012
- 1 min
Ted Talk Goes Global
Dr Simon Berrow's 2010 Ted Talk about the pioneering research being undertaken by the Irish basking shark research project has become...
- Feb 1, 2012
- 1 min
Well Ray!
Well Ray! The Irish Basking Shark Project will be assisting the local Inishowen family, the Henderson's, to launch a bobblehead Ray off...
- Feb 1, 2012
- 1 min
Shark Talk
Natural History Museum Gallery Talk 12:00 noon, February 26th Emmett Johnston of the Irish Basking Shark Project will give a Gallery Talk...
- Jan 25, 2012
- 2 min
Monster Munch Begins
January 2012 ~ This week saw the start of an exciting new initiative by the Inishowen based basking shark study group. The Project titled...
- Jan 17, 2012
- 5 min
About the Monster Munch Project
Inishowen Basking Shark Community Awareness Programme The Monster Munch project aims to engage the fishing communities of Inishowen on a...
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