The IUCN/SSC Shark Specialist Group
Shark News 7: June 1996
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Basking shark tagging and telemetry in the UK
A number of research groups based in the UK are hoping to undertake
tagging studies of basking sharks this year. Various techniques are
planned, including the use of satellite, radio and visual tags. Study
locations range from the south-west of England, to the Isle of Man
(where visual tagging studies have now been under way for several
years) and the west coast of Scotland.
The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) is also continuing its
sightings scheme, with members of public, fishermen and yachtsmen
being encouraged to record all sightings of basking sharks. The
data recorded are put on the MCS database, which already holds
several thousand records from previous years.
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