2013 News | The Irish Basking Shark Group

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NEWS | 2013

Sep 3, 2013
2 min

Foyle II Heads South

Foyle II a 6-8m shark successfully equipped with a satellite transmitter or ‘Spot’ tag in Irish waters this summer is heading south for...

Aug 23, 2013
2 min

Malin Head Ocean Literacy

Ocean Literacy; Understanding our local sea’s and collating sufficient information to support informed decision making on their use and...

Aug 17, 2013
1 min

Shark Camp Message

Shark Camp 2013 was a two week Summer Camp and internship for local teens run by the Irish Basking Shark Study Group and funded by the...

Jul 31, 2013
2 min

Shark Camp Update

Secondary school students from around Inishowen are taking part in a two week ‘Shark Camp’ internship with the Irish Basking Shark Study...

Jul 29, 2013
1 min

Shark Camp Begins

The first Irish Shark Camp Intern. Programme began today Monday 29thJuly at Malin Head, Co. Donegal. The two week duration summer camp...

Jul 20, 2013
1 min

Dutch Documentary

A Dutch film crew got a little more than they bargined for when they took a trip off Malin Head for some fishing and shark watching with...

Jul 19, 2013
1 min

Basking Fest

Soaring summer temperatures and calm sea conditions have resulted in the Hundreds of Basking Sharks gathering at Malin head. Shark...

Jul 1, 2013
1 min

Shark Camp Extended

There are a few remaining positions available on Shark Camp 2013. Due to the level of interest from areas outside of Malin head and...

Jun 10, 2013
2 min

Migration Conundrum

As basking sharks poured into the waters off Malin head last week researchers hit the waves with high hopes of an extended shark season...

Jun 10, 2013
1 min

Foyle and Koisan Deployed

Two SPOT tags have been deployed on individual sharks off Malin head in an effort to track shark movements when on the Malin or Islay...

Jun 10, 2013
2 min

Shark Camp 2013 Launched

What monsters lurk beneath the waves off Malin head? Sharks is the right answer, but why are they there, how many are they and do they...

May 30, 2013
2 min

Sligo Shark Fest

Basking sharks are an elusive and sometimes unpredictable species which often defy even the best fortune teller’s predictions. It has...

May 30, 2013
2 min

Shark Spotting

This spring sees the launch of ‘Shark Spotting’ a new basking shark project in Malin head and Foyle waters. The Inishowen Basking Shark...

May 23, 2013
1 min

Sharks Hit West Coast

The west coast of Ireland has experienced an influx of basking sharks on a scale not seen since 2010. Large surface aggregations of...

Apr 12, 2013
2 min

Bunagee Beauty Tag Found

Three intrepid adventures have found the tag which was attached to Bunagee Beauty as part of the Inishowen Development Partnership...

Jan 9, 2013
1 min

North or South?

Two more sharks from the Monster Munch project have released their archival tags. Colm doesn’t Cille and Bunagee beauty both tagged off...

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