News & Events

08-Aug-2008
ITV Film about Manx Basking Shark Watch
07-Aug-2008
French Film Crew Here to Film Basking Sharks
31-Jul-2008
BBC here to film for "LIFE', a new 10 part series similar to the 'Blue Planet'.
30-Jul-2008
Basking sharks at site of runway extension: the need for silt traps during construction work.
29-Jul-2008
THREE basking sharks, David, Liz and Colin, tagged in one perfect basking shark day July 27th, 2008

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List of Books about Basking Sharks
  • “Shark O”. P.Fitzgerald Connor . Pub. Secker and Warburg. London 1953.
  • “Harpoon at a Venture” Gavin Maxwell. Pub. Robert Hart Davies. 1952
  • “The Sea my Hunting Ground”. Anthony Watkins. Pub. Heinman. London. 1958.
  • “Hebridean Sharker”. Tex Geddes. Pub. Herbert Jenkins. London 1960.
  • “The Sunfish Hunt”. Kenneth McNally. Pub. Blackstaff PressLtd. Belfast 1976
  • “The Basking Shark in Scotland”. Dennis Fairfax. Pub. Tuckwell Press, East Lothian. 1998.

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