News & Events

18-Jan-2012
Interesting Basking Shark Research Using Markers from Atomic Explosions
07-Jan-2012
Manx Basking Shark Watch is Runner-Up in Blue Turtle Award
03-Nov-2011
Manx Basking Shark Watch Research Presented at Conference in Berlin
03-Nov-2011
Out of Season Basking Shark Spotted off Rue Point 29th October 2011
24-Oct-2011
BBC Article About £200 Manx Basking Shark Tag Reward



A Preliminary Analysis of

(1) The Manx Basking Shark Watch Sightings Reports 2005-2006 (by Tom Felce and Eleanor Stone).

(2) Some Effort-Based Watches performed by Tom and Eleanor for Manx Whale and Dolphin Watch. 

Click here for download of Analysis of MBSW public sightings data 2005-2008. 

(Note from Jackie Hall: Eleanor and Tom have done a wonderful job of making sense of some of the data, very well done and thankyou)!

We are most grateful that the funding for this analysis and the mapping of the MBSW data was paid for by The Manx Government's Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF). 

 


Manx Basking Shark Watch 2007