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Mon7th May 2012 | An unusually early start to the shark season in April caught Irelands basking shark research teams a little off guard. Now as the summer begins in earnest and sea surface temperatures start to climb above 11 degree Celsius for prolonged periods a Malin head based research team are gearing up for what may prove to be one... | Read more... |
Tue10th Apr 2012 | Following numerous reports of large concentrations of basking sharks from County Cork to County Galway the Irish Basking Shark Study Group successfully tagged ten sharks off County Kerry. Basking sharks occur each year all around the Irish coast – one of the few countries in the world where this phenomenon occurs,... | Read more... |
Fri30th Mar 2012 | The Inishowen based schools led community awareness project has successfully completed the initial shore stage and the students are now preparing to go on the water and put into practice their newly developed skills. This week marks the end of the three month in class learning and creative art for... | Read more... |
Fri30th Mar 2012 | The month of March is not normally associated with high numbers of shark sightings in Irelands inshore waters but the recent high pressure established over the North East Atlantic has given rise to ideal basking shark sighting conditions. Reports have started to trickle in from around the islands west coast, including... | Read more... |