Scientists are always finding new ways to investigate the migrations and ages of basking sharks but this is a particularly interesting one. Manx Basking Shark Watch has offered her one of the basking shark vertebrae from the dead basking shark that was washed up near Niarbyl last summer.
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We are pleased to report that Manx Basking Shark Watch has been made a runner up in the JNCC Blue Turtle Awards for conservation projects in the UK Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. This award brings additional international recognition to the project.
For more information about the Blue Turtle Award see: www.jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-5183