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href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Feb 12, 2010 Pembroke Mariner & ReporterThe basking shark, Cetorhinus maximus, is one of the largest fish in the world, second only in size to the whale shark. Join Carol “Krillâ€? Carson as she ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Feb 2, 2010 Press of Atlantic CityBut several sharks are considered overfished and fishing for 19 species, including the white, whale and basking shark, is prohibited, according to the NOAA. ... Researchers eye shark washed ashore at Gilgo Beach - Jul 14, 2009 NewsdayA large basking shark washed up on Gilgo Beach in Babylon. (Photo by James Carbone / July 14, 2009) Eager to Diver photographed in close encounter with shark - Aug 3, 2009 Telegraph.co.ukMr Hawken was forced to tread water and remain perfectly still for several minutes as the basking shark swam around him. The group then spotted a second When a Shark Is More Gum Than Bite - Jul 23, 2009 New York TimesSophia Hall/Associated Press In this cellphone photo, a girl timidly approached a 20-foot basking shark on Gilgo Beach on Long Island on Go shark spotting in Newquay & win free flights from Jet2.com - Jul 31, 2009 Jet2.comAnybody who emails in a picture of their basking shark sighting to sightings@sharktrust.org and mentions Jet2.com in the subject line of the email will be Beasts of the sea making a splash off the coast - Jul 28, 2009 IndependentFormal proposals for UK protection zones for them are likely to come out of the first-ever international conference on basking shark conservation, OFFICIALS URGE CAUTION, EXPERTS DEBATE SHARK - Jul 31, 2009 Gibraltar ChronicleThe debate is on: was it a great white or was it a basking shark? The sighting of a shark off Camp Bay this week has sparked feverish Shark mural raises angry response - Jul 21, 2009 Marlborough ExpressOne group of operators feels so strongly about the mural's main feature, the six metre basking shark, that they have approached Kaikoura District Council The swimsuit's role in creating champions - Aug 3, 2009 Boston GlobeThe neckline had gaped open like the mouth of a basking shark, creating considerable drag as she swam through the water using the American crawl. Day in Photos - Jul 15, 2009 Washington PostJuly 14: A girl timidly approaches a 20-foot-long basking shark on Gilgo Beach in Long Island. The shark, estimated to weigh 2000 pounds, washed ashore on World experts to meet on the Island - Jul 30, 2009 Manx RadioThe Island is hosting the first ever international conference on basking shark conservation, with formal proposals for United Kingdom protection zones on Basking Sharks - Jul 15, 2009 A Pakistan NewsHe immediately strips off his shirt and dives into the basking shark infested water. There is a great turbulence in the water and then the doctor and priest Summer is Here and the Beach Beckons - Jul 30, 2009 Vox Online NewsThere were media claims that the creature was a great white shark - a killer of the seas - the source of the scare was actually a harmless basking shark VOX Video Fix: Obama throws first pitch - Jul 14, 2009 Seattle Post IntelligencerScares peeps then makes them curious: A basking shark measuring more than 20 feet long washed up on a beach in Long Island today. It was alive when it first Times Past 17.07.09 - Jul 17, 2009 Shetland Times OnlineA correspondent writes: “What about that basking shark, whose tail was brought ashore at Sandwick? I am neither a seaman nor a fisherman, yet there are one Children Learn 'Save Our Seas' Message - Jul 14, 2009 isleofman.comThe Cool Seas inflatable models (Basking Shark, Bottlenose Dolphin, Harbour Porpoise, Grey Seal and pup, Leatherback Turtle, Minke Whale and Great White Abalone wars continue - Aug 4, 2009 Legalbrief (subscription)...to challenge law enforcers in SA, and internationally a ban on the fishing of bluefin tuna and the basking shark is being considered, writes Legalbrief. Strain of swine 'flu 'seriously ill' - Aug 4, 2009 The Spoof (satire)My money's on chicken chow mein with fried rice 'flu, though my colleagues have suggested it may be basking shark in the Med 'flu. South Mainland Notebook 24.07.09 - Jul 24, 2009 Shetland Times OnlineA basking shark was spotted off St Ninian's Isle on Monday afternoon. For two hours onlookers were treated to an unusually good sighting of the creature, Aran Islands rooted to Ireland's past - Jul 23, 2009 Toronto StarThe pivotal scene of fishermen going out in a traditional canoe-like, flat-bottomed currach to bring down a massive basking shark for its oil to fuel lamps 'Cripil Inis Meáin' enjoys the setting sun - Jul 21, 2009 Irish Times...and the screening of Flaherty's epic basking shark hunt scene as the islanders turned their backs to argue added resonance in such an intimate setting. News in pictures on Wed - Jul 14, 2009 Straits TimesPHOTO: AP In this photo taken with a cell phone, a girl timidly approaches a 6m-long basking shark on Gilgo Beach on New York's Long Island. Police say teen on New York's Long Island torches BMW because he ... - Jul 17, 2009 Gaea TimesJuly 15th, 2009 Shark washes up and dies on NY beachBABYLON, NY — A 20-foot-long basking shark that washed ashore on a beach on New York's Long Island Hideous Man-Beast Washes Up On Shore Of Municipal Pool - Jul 10, 2009 The Onion (satire)...a genetic experiment gone terribly awry, an obese yeti, an enormous wad of wax, a piece of driftwood, or a decomposing basking shark carcass. Fighter jet-esque Trike set to split critics - Jul 20, 2009 Orange Cars channel...two large fins at its rear and a gaping mouth-esque front end that makes it look more like a basking shark than one of the US Air Force's finest planes. Enjoy new NYC outdoor spaces: Times Square pedestrian mall, High ... - Jul 27, 2009 Gaea TimesJuly 15th, 2009 Shark washes up and dies on NY beachBABYLON, NY — A 20-foot-long basking shark that washed ashore on a beach on New York's Long Island 调查显示三分之一的鲨鱼濒临ç?ç»? - Jul 28, 2009 人民网...与ç?°é²é²¨è¿˜æœ‰ä¸‰ç§?长尾鲨（thresher）一起被列入报告的全ç?ƒæ¿’å?±ç‰©ç§?还包括钟头å?˜é«»é²¨ï¼ˆsmooth hammerhead）ã€?大白鲨ã€?姥鲨（basking shark）ã€?远洋白é°é¯Šï¼ˆoceanic 뉴욕 í•´ë³€ì—? 2300kg짜리 ìƒ?ì–´ ë°€ë ¤ì™€ 주민들 '깜ì§?' - Jul 15, 2009 조선일보...당시 í•´ë³€ì?„ 산책하다가 ì?´ 대형 ìƒ?어를 발견한 코넬 협ë?™êµ?육 연구ì›?ì?˜ í•´êµ° í–‰ì •ê°€ íŠ¸ë ˆì?´ì‹œ 마커스씨는 â€œë– ë°€ë ¤ì˜¨ ìƒ?어는 ë?Œë¬µìƒ?ì–´(basking shark)ë¡œ, 瀕æ»20å‘Žé¯Šéš é©šç?¾é•·å³¶ç“Šæ–¯æµ·ç?˜ - Jul 15, 2009 香港新浪網...(美è?¯ç¤¾ç´?ç´„14日電)昨日，一æ¢?20呎長的姥鯊(Basking Shark)被沖上長島一處海ç?˜ã€‚ 康奈爾農æ¥æŽ¨å»£ç³»çµ±(Cornell Cooperative Extension)的馬考斯說，這æ¢?鯊éšä¼¼ä¹Žæ˜¯ç”±æ–¼ Cá máºp khổng lồ không răng trôi dạt chết ở bãi biển Nữu Ước - Jul 15, 2009 TiVi Tuần SanTên tiếng Anh là basking shark. Những ngÆ°á»?i Ä‘i tắm biển nói con cá mắc cạn chỉ còn vẫy nhẹ Ä‘uôi và vây khi nó bị sóng đẩy dạt và o bá»?. Chùm ảnh: Cá máºp khổng lồ nặng 2.200kg dạt và o bá»? biển Mỹ - Jul 15, 2009 Dân TríÄ?ây là loại cá máºp phÆ¡i (basking shark). Loại cá máºp nà y có thể dà i tá»›i khoảng 10,5m và là loà i cá lá»›n thứ hai trong đại dÆ°Æ¡ng sau loà i cá máºp voi. Peugeot 308 SW Mini Review - 25 Mar 2009 The TimesFrom that big, basking shark grille all way down its defined flanks and quirky rear taillights, there’s something about the 308 SW’s avant-garde proportions Back to the 80s as basking shark sheds light on ocean - Mar 23, 2009 Planet EarthIn June 1982, Monty Priede harpooned a basking shark off the Scottish coast. Not an act you'd normally expect from a young marine biologist, but he wasn't Shark Alliance denounces illegal landing of basking sharks in Greece - Mar 21, 2009 Malta Independent OnlineThe basking shark, the second largest fish species on earth, is protected under EU regulations and classified by the International Union for the Cruise lines play an ACE - Mar 19, 2009 Lloyd's ListOh, perhaps not, then, for it is (was) only a basking shark, but 7 m of shark nonetheless, that was hauled ashore on the Greek island of Aegina earlier this The Fall and Rise of the Right Whale - Mar 17, 2009 Gainesville SunThey had seen dolphins, leatherback turtles, a flock of water birds called gannets and even a basking shark — but not what they were looking for. Winchman Chris quits search and rescue - Mar 5, 2009 Northern TimesI didn't realise it at the time but there was a basking shark circling round the raft. It was only when I got back to land that it was mentioned. Πιάστηκε «σαπουνάς» 7,5 μÎÏ„Ï?ων - Mar 11, 2009 Η Καθημερινή«ΠÏ?οσκÏ?νημα» στα ανοιχτά της ΒουλιαγμÎνης Îκανε Ï€Ï?οχθÎÏ‚ τα ξημεÏ?ώματα Îνας μήκους 7,5 μ. καÏ?χαÏ?ίας - Ï€Ï?οσκυνητής (basking shark) ή «σαπουνάς», An Early Taste Of Summer - Mar 20, 2009 Glasgow Daily RecordThe gaping air intake at the front, which looks like the mouth of a basking shark, is one of the eye-catching design features of the 307 CC that remains. Pranksters under fire - Feb 19, 2009 Portsmouth News,Shot at the end of a summer mission, the footage also shows the young sailor passing close to what appears to be a giant basking shark. GERI WILL HAVE FAB WEDDING - Jan 29, 2009 Daily Star,The floating palace houses every gadget the nautical world can offer, and enough room inside to swing a basking shark. Romantic Fab, 34, has struck a deal Four-footed 'friends' made news, too - Feb 12, 2009 Canada.com,The perfectly harmless basking shark had made the mistake of swimming idly about the public wharf, where it was spotted by the brave threesome who shot it Shark watchers' appeal over tag - Oct 28, 2008 BBC News,Beachcombers could earn themselves £200 if they find a satellite tag which has fallen off a 7m-long (23ft) basking shark called Colin. Alma fishermen land 30-foot shark - Nov 8, 2008 Times and Transcript,BY ALAN COCHRANE ALMA - The MacDonald family of Alma has been fishing lobster and other species for many years, but the 30-foot basking shark they hooked Sharks and rays off UK shores critically endangered and facing ... - Nov 11, 2008 guardian.co.uk,The basking shark, the world's second largest fish, is listed as vulnerable. The report was released ahead of European commission recommendations for £200 reward for shark tag return - Oct 21, 2008 Western Telegraph,The tag has been lost from a seven metre basking shark called Colin, one of four sharks tagged by the Manx Basking Shark Watch last July. Poor weather keep basking sharks away - Oct 24, 2008 Cornish Guardian,The SeaWatch SW survey team this year recorded 297 basking shark sightings off Gwennap Head, near Land's End in Cornwall. But for the second year in a row, Poppy protocol and poppy tradition differ - Nov 12, 2008 Times and Transcript,Few people realize that the Bay of Fundy is home to a variety of sharks, including the basking shark which was hauled ashore at Alma, the second-biggest Government Fails To Stop Shark Finning - Oct 22, 2008 Voxy,The new plan intends to protect only one other - the basking shark - which can fetch more than $US50,000 for a single large fin. Kirstie Knowles says there Meeting eyes health of Saanich Inlet environment - Nov 9, 2008 Times Colonist,..."Since 1970 the basking shark has been exterminated on the west coast of BC and I don't want to see that happen to any other species," she said. Plugin adds reef view to Google Earth - Oct 27, 2008 Practical Fishkeeping,...has contributed information on 43 marine sites around the coast of England that protect species such as the basking shark, seahorses, corals and algae. Populist: 19-25 October - Oct 25, 2008 Londonist,...created a dedicated downturn webpage. Electric cabs seems likely, a station might be reclaimed and Crossrail might bring a basking shark to Canary Wharf. In The Jaws Of Crossrail - Oct 21, 2008 Londonist,It looks like a basking shark about to swallow a dinky Docklands cruiser but stretching along the dockside with a length of 217.75 metres it also resembles Manx basking shark research sparks global interest - Sep 21, 2008 Isle of Man Today,With a one-metre-wide mouth, a mature basking shark — a relative of the Great White shark — can grow up to 12 metres long. And we are the lucky ones ... we Get to know second largest fish - Sep 24, 2008 Press and Journal,Shark expert Colin Speedie will also give the lowdown on the research he has been carrying out for Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) to find basking shark DNA could help identify 200-year-old Stronsay Beast - Sep 4, 2008 Telegraph.co.uk,It was once suggested that it was a basking shark, but the claim has been disputed because of its unusually large size. Others claim it had a long neck that One year and no sightings of basking sharks - Sep 11, 2008 The Westerly,After the sharks clashed with fishing equipment mid-century, the federal government embarked on a basking shark eradication program from the late 1940s Man 'bitten by shark' as he poses for photograph on boat - Sep 1, 2008 Telegraph.co.uk,He said there had only been four documented cases of shark "attacks" off British waters in the past, the most serious being when a basking shark Does Damien Hirst's auction at Sotheby's mean the end of the gallery? - Sep 6, 2008 Times Online,Earlier in the summer, a basking shark was washed up on the beach in Cornwall, and he bought that as well. If the full-sized, glassed-in animals are the Wildlife Watch: Lots to Look Out for on Sea and Land Over Key Weekend - Sep 19, 2008 RedOrbit,..."Basking shark numbers have been healthy this year too, with groups of around 50 spotted on several occasions. Only minke whale numbers seem lower than Biologists launch effort to clean up lost fishing gear off - Sep 1, 2008 San Jose Mercury News,A basking shark washed up on Santa Cruz Island, August 2007 after becoming entangled in an improperly discarded fishing net. Online and sister publication 'Epic journey was my Everest' - Sep 2, 2008 Portsmouth News,En route he saw dolphins, whales and even a basking shark. There was stunning scenery too, but it was no pleasure cruise. Geoff says: 'It was getting up at Important Facts About Finning Live Sharks: It's Already Illegal - Sep 2, 2008 Voxy,Internationally protected shark species found in New Zealand waters (basking shark, whale shark and great white shark) are not commercially fished. Sharks of the Channel - 14 Aug 2008 The Santa Barbara Independent,Basking Shark: Second largest fish, after the (non-local) whale shark. Slow moving, generally harmless filter feeder. Reach from 20-26 feet in length. Beach lifeguards help shark count - Aug 12, 2008 BBC News,The basking shark is a regular visitor to the Cornish coast but little is understood about the status of their population or about their behaviour. Shark-spotters wanted in Cornwall - Jul 25, 2008 BBC News,Precious little is known about the basking shark. Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Joana Doyle from the Cornwall Wildlife Trust Atlantic Canada’s waters shark-infested — but not to worry - Aug 2, 2008 TheChronicleHerald.ca,The largest, the basking shark, can be up to eight metres long. Of the roughly 400 species of sharks in the world’s oceans, Mr. Campana said, Basking sharks are long-distance swimmers - Aug 5, 2008 Practical Fishkeeping,The authors speculate that such long-distance migrations may be a normal feature of basking shark biology, citing recent studies that have shown other large No Real Threat: Shark Experts Seek to Calm the Public Fears - Jul 18, 2008 Martha's Vineyard Gazette,Further, he said, “The difference between a fin on a great white shark and a big mako, and even a basking shark is not easy to tell. Five facts you never knew about the sharks of the North - Jul 28, 2008 Discovery Reports Canada,Unfortunately the basking shark has not been so lucky. What used to be a widely spread population, Canada's number of basking's has close to disappeared; Cool Seas Road Show inspires care for oceans - Aug 5, 2008 Telegraph.co.uk,...a common dolphin, a porpoise, a minke whale, a grey seal with her pup, a leatherback turtle, turtle hatchlings, a basking shark and a great white shark! Endangered porbeagle shark spotted off Welsh coast - Jul 18, 2008 Telegraph.co.uk,..."The first thing I said was 'Wow, that isn't basking shark'" he said. "To be that close to a wild free shark was amazing." "On occasions it almost beached Sharks tagged off Inishowen - Jul 28, 2008 Derry Today,...“Nowhere else in the North Eastern Atlantic is getting such regular Basking Shark numbers this late in the season.â€? The team placed red visual Rare Porbeagle Shark spotted Wales - Jul 23, 2008 Divemaster,..."The first thing I said was 'Wow, that isn't basking shark,'" he said. "To be that close to a wild free shark was amazing. "The bottles may have objected to Wild Things - Jul 24, 2008 SmithsonianBiology Letters, May 28, 2008 "Transatlantic migration and deep mid-ocean diving by basking shark," Mauvis A. Gore et al., Biology Letters, May 29, Fishermen weigh in hefty catch - Jul 19, 2008 Hartlepool Today,A basking shark came up that was bigger than the boat. It burst out of the net." But despite the spectacular finds, Keith said: "We just take it as it comes Get ready for British Beachcombing Weekend - Jul 17, 2008 Easier (press release),As further encouragement, beachcombers can send in their beachcombing experiences to the site for a chance to win their very own basking shark! So much to sea - Jul 28, 2008 MaineToday.com,..."Keep in mind, there has never been a shark attack in the history of Maine," Sullivan said. "And when we do have sightings, it is of a basking shark. Weis offers one-day whale watch - Jul 31, 2008 Sparta IndependentPast sightings include Humpback, Minke and Finback Whales, Northern Gannet, Wilson’s Storm Petrel, Basking Shark and Sea Turtles. The limit is 49 people, Whale whisperer releases mammoth mammals from fishing nets - Jul 28, 2008 Canada.com,...to know he can save them money and frustration if they call him when a whale, turtle or basking shark - alive or dead - gets tangled in their gear. UK's marine ecologists start to think big - Jul 26, 2008 Independent,...coincides with a campaign to highlight the plight of Britain's larger fish species by concentrating on the biggest of them all – the basking shark. Minke whale saved in dramatic Forth rescue - Aug 1, 2008 Dunferline Press,...“I’ve never seen a whale before, and certainly not this far up the Forth, though I did once see a basking shark a while back. I’m glad there was a happy Old sailing vessels and new appendages - Jul 16, 2008 Vendée Globe,That is to say, the replacement of the keel on PRB, damaged following a collision with a basking shark, when he was racing in the Transat. The whale rescuer - Jul 22, 2008 Nova News Now,If there is a whale, turtle or basking shark (alive or dead) caught in your fishing gear, or you see any of these marine animals on a beach, call toll-free, Tony to live among the sharks - Apr 17, 2008 Exmouth Journal,Mr Peirce, who began planning the expedition two years ago, is a past trustee of the Basking Shark Society, a co-founder of the International White Shark Aussie shark finning up 500 percent - Apr 2, 2008 CDNN,Less than half a kilogram of dried shark fin can fetch more than $300, and a single fin from a basking shark - the second-largest fish species in the world Stralsund building world's largest life-size whale model - Apr 4, 2008 The Local,...which will also include models of a 16 metre-long humpback whale and its calf, an 8 metre-long orca whale, and an 8 metre-long basking shark. Shark was endangered, not dangerous - Feb 8, 2008 Cyprus Mail,The department clarified that the official name for the ‘pamparakis’ is cetorhinus maximus or basking shark. “It is not considered dangerous to humans and Surprising Sharks opens at Tring - Feb 11, 2008 Natural History Museum,...shark that can be seen around the coast of Britain, and they range in size from the small-spotted catshark at 40cm to the 11-metre-long basking shark. Bottoms up in Berlin - Feb 17, 2008 BCLocalNews,...(Another tidbit: the North Sea’s basking shark is the world’s second-largest fish, growing to nine metres [30 feet], but eats only plankton. Presentations by Enfield British Sub Aqua Club at Grundy Park ... - Jan 28, 2008 Broxbourne Borough Council (press release),This will focus on issues relating to UK shark species (including basking shark, blue, and porbeagle), and will include details on where to view them and Model assesses chrondrichthyan extinction risk - Nov 26, 2007 Practical Fishkeeping,Carcharias taurus), the basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus), the porbeagle (Lamna nasus) and the white shark (Carcharodon carcharias). UK. International Polar Year to be unveiled at Earls Court Boat Show - Nov 26, 2007 BYM News (press release),Exhibits will include every sea animal sailors are likely to encounter, including giant whales and dolphins, turtles, a basking shark - and even a great Jaws in the Med? Not for much longer, scientists warn - Nov 22, 2007 Malta Today,...“The only sharks and rays to be protected by law in Malta are the Great White, the Basking shark and the Mediterranean manta,â€? Buttigieg told MaltaToday. Mediterranean is shark danger zone, warns report - Nov 15, 2007 Scenta.co.uk,...only three have received any protection as a result: the white and basking shark in EU and Croatian waters, and the giant devil ray off Malta and Croatia. New online nature newsletter launched - Nov 22, 2007 Belfast Telegraph,...like wallpapers and screensavers of the campaign's stars, including Cyril the Squirrel, the Basking Shark, the Blue Eyed Grass and the Brent Goose. Changes needed to save sea life - Nov 10, 2007 ic Wales,As many seabirds and fish species, such as the basking shark, depend on these communities as their source of food we could, in due course, No carping about Hugh's new crew - Nov 8, 2007 Scotsman,Later on he played a round of fish-based Scrabble, swam with a basking shark, and met up with a kilted Scotsman who had knocked up a DIY fish smoker in his How people power can help to turn the tide - Nov 5, 2007 Scotsman,And anybody at sea or on the coast, looking out to sea, can send us basking shark sightings to help protect this gentle giant. "Sea users can also report WATCHING NINEVA BURN - Nov 1, 2007 Cape Cod Today,Along comes a great shark, probably a basking shark, and it swallows Jonah. I know, I know, the popular version refers to a whale but in the Hebrew version Call for action to save Wales marine life - Nov 3, 2007 ic Wales,Other wildlife at risk include the basking shark and the leatherback turtle. The appeal comes as a new WWF report warns underwater habitats are being Orkney beast 'similar to Nessie' - Nov 2, 2007 BBC News,Its carcass, which some said was that of a basking shark, was found off Stronsay in 1808. Dr Simpson said the descriptions of its long neck were along the Cure for boredom: eat more fish - Nov 8, 2007 The Herald,Hugh hopped into it to swim beside a basking shark. Blokey games of Scrabble were played. Cups of tea were drunk, as was wine. Weird, wicked weird Weird science - Nov 3, 2007 SunJournal.com (subscription),It turned out to be a basking shark. It was a fate similar to the Turner Beast, which, after all the hoopla last summer, turned out to be a dog. The killing machine fighting for its very survival - Oct 18, 2007 Scotsman,Shark-fins are among the most valuable things found in the sea: a fin of a basking shark, legally protected by Europe, can fetch as much as £7000 in Asia, Jaws drop as shark turns up on beach - Oct 6, 2007 Scotsman,The basking shark, which had strayed from its normal habitat on the west coast of Scotland, was washed up injured on the beach yesterday. Battle to save shark - Oct 11, 2007 East Lothian Courier,ANIMAL welfare officers battled for hours to save the life of a beached basking shark. But their efforts were in vain as this rare visitor to east coast Sea leaves, retrieves large dead shark on LI beach - Sep 22, 2007 Newsday,Quogue Mayor George Motz says the 20-foot-long basking shark turned up around 8 am Saturday. He says a police officer and the bay constable tried to haul 1500-pound shark washes on Quogue Beach - Sep 22, 2007 Newsday,The estimated 1500-pound Basking shark was discovered about 8 am at the edge of the surf near Dune Road, said village Mayor George Motz. Something fishy about requests - Oct 20, 2007 Scotsman,...pond and wondered if he could keep piranhas in the same water. "Other requests include a basking shark, a squid and baby dolphins - it's complete madness." Mystery as rare visit ends in death on beach - Oct 5, 2007 Scotsman,Animal welfare officers battled for hours to save a basking shark, a rare visitor to Scotland's eastern shores, but he was too badly injured. We need a sea change - Oct 21, 2007 Guardian Unlimited,...oil and gas developments threaten dolphins, cold water coral reefs are being destroyed by scallop fishing, and the harmless basking shark is harassed by An English coast makeover and a cephalopod celebration - Oct 12, 2007 Grist Magazine,...a process known as "carbon sequestering" ... ... rescuers worked five hours to save a basking shark that had washed up on an east Scotland beach, Play focuses on life of Scottish naturalist - Oct 17, 2007 Strathspey Herald,A troubled yet humorous character, Maxwell was a swashbuckling renegade who in his time turned his hand to being a basking shark hunter, racing driver, From killer to cuddly: shark fans look to turn the tide - Oct 5, 2007 Monsters and Critics.com,The largest shark regularly spotted in European waters is the plankton-eating Basking Shark, which can grow up to 12 metres long. Great White sharks spawn At home with the sharks on Coll - Sep 25, 2007 Times Online,It was the first time I had seen a basking shark and, over the next 30 minutes, at least eight more sharks – each around five or six metres long - appeared, Sea Otter, Peregrine Falcon Back From The Brink Of Extinction But ... - Sep 28, 2007 Science Daily (press release)If only that legislation could help species like the basking shark, a plankton-feeding fish that grows to the size of a bus; the Eastern pond mussel, UK Marine Bill needed urgently - Oct 11, 2007 Environmental Data Interactive,Species such as the basking shark, leatherback turtle and long-snouted sea horse are currently at risk from marine activities. Marine environment suffering - WWF - Oct 9, 2007 Green Consumer Guide,Species at risk in UK waters include the basking shark, leatherback turtle and long-snouted sea horse, among others. “Our seas have been in decline for some WWF asks: ‘Can we have the marine bill please?’ - Oct 8, 2007 Newconsumer.com,This is true in all our waters as currently less than two per cent of UK seas are protected, leaving species such as the basking shark, leatherback turtle, The life of Gavin Maxwell - Sep 25, 2007 Shetland News,He was a basking shark hunter, racing driver, wartime secret agent and a poet during his lifetime. His constant battle with the elements and wildlife, The blues are back in town - 19 Aug 2007 Ventura County Star (subscription),California pelicans, cormorants and other seabirds; and a dead, 25-foot-long basking shark that had beached just east of Prisoners Harbor on Santa Cruz. Shark sighting? Mysterious fish raises great white worries - Aug 16, 2007 Mineral Wells Index,Greg Skomal, the state’s shark biologist, said it was likely a basking shark — a harmless shark that is sometimes confused with great whites. Shark Sited Near Merrimac River - Aug 17, 2007 Boston Channel.com,A state shark specialist said it was most likely a basking shark. He said the fish can grow to more than 30 feet, but the good news is they are not very Basking sharks spotted off coast - Aug 14, 2007 BBC News,A spokeswoman said: "These basking shark sightings indicate that Cornish waters are an important summer hotspot for this protected species. LEAVE BASKING SHARKS ALONE, SAY MARINE EXPERTS - Aug 16, 2007 The Cornishman,The Marine Conservation Society said that not only was the creature in question obviously a basking shark, but the person who caught it on film was clearly Call for renewed conservation efforts following basking shark landing - Aug 9, 2007 Fish Update,THE Shark Alliance says it was on the scene for yesterday's fish market display of a six metre, two-ton, female basking shark, which it claims was landed Shark? You’ll have more luck in high street - Jul 30, 2007 Times Online,...“One of the sightings was almost definitely a basking shark and the other one was spotted in a pod of dolphins. When you see a large creature with a Shark mania giving Cornwall a bad press - Aug 1, 2007 Times Online,...was claimed to be a great white shark, one of the world’s deadliest marine predators, were identified by marine experts as a harmless basking shark. That's not a shark! - Aug 1, 2007 NEWS.com.au,..."It's most likely to be a basking shark. White sharks tend to have a stiffer dorsal fin and this one looks floppier to me, so I would definitely not say it Shark tag's cross-country journey - Aug 3, 2007 BBC News,The device is believed to have come off a basking shark in the Firth of Clyde. Scientists believe it was picked up by someone who lives in Ayrshire and is 'No shark danger' say sea expert - Jul 31, 2007 BBC News,..."At the moment, from the image I have seen, the shark seen off Cornwall seems to be a basking shark, or another of the larger shark species. UK shark is a great white: Aussie expert - Jul 31, 2007 Melbourne Herald Sun,They have insisted the animal is a smaller basking shark, and not the killer fish. But Australian marine biologist Dave Baxter said he believed the shark Experts rubbish UK 'killer shark' - Jul 31, 2007 NEWS.com.au,But experts have lined up to insist that, while a great white cannot be ruled out, the sighting is far more likely to be a basking shark, quite common in Expert ridicules shark scare - Jul 30, 2007 Guardian Unlimited,...on video and posted on the Sun's website, is a harmless basking shark and not the great white the paper claimed, according to a marine biologist. Great Whites fail to surface in ocean survey - Aug 14, 2007 Daily Mail,..."The footage clearly shows a boat getting too close to a basking shark and almost going over the top of it, risking serious injury to the shark and those on Is a great white shark basking off Cornwall? Peter Law asks just ... - Jul 31, 2007 Daily Echo,In fact, Mr Vokins is convinced it is nothing more than a harmless basking shark. "It's definitely a basking shark - without a shadow of a doubt," he said. The Great Shark Hunt - Aug 4, 2007 Times Online,Experts examined the video and concluded that the intruder was either a dolphin or a harmless basking shark. More a porbeagle than a rottweiler of the seas. University’s aerial survey finds sharks in Cornwall's waters - Aug 14, 2007 PhysOrg.com,...‘These basking shark sightings indicate that Cornish waters are an important summer hotspot for this protected species. Basking sharks have become a Shark will feed 250 - Aug 10, 2007 Oxford Mail,..."It is quite nice getting a porbeagle shark rather than a basking shark, as basking sharks are quite common." The shark is so big parts of it will also be 'GREAT WHITE' FOOTAGE WAS BASKING SHARK - Jul 30, 2007 The Cornishman,This amazing photograph of a basking shark leaping clear of the water shows what could have been mistaken for a Great White shark, according to an expert. Ahoy, monsters of the deep - Aug 10, 2007 Times Online,It was enough to get The Sun in a tizz the other week, when a British basking shark was resoundingly identified as a great white. Quite right to get excited Fishing Lines: Great white lie shows that fins aren't always what ... - Aug 11, 2007 Independent,It all started when a tourist saw a basking shark close to the beach at St Ives. They are big and harmless unless you're plankton, but then you wouldn't be SHARK SPOTTING: FIN BY FIN - Aug 1, 2007 The Cornishman,..."I would hesitate to confirm anything from the first clip, even a basking shark, because it is just not clear enough," said Mr Peirce, who lives in Bude, SHARK SPOTTERS SCOURING THE SEA - Aug 2, 2007 South Wales Evening Post,It comes after a 20ft-plus basking shark was spotted five miles south of Swansea Bay. Staff from the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) spent Tuesday Second Great White Shark sighting shocks holidaymakers in Cornwall - Jul 30, 2007 This is London,Fellow tourists on the boat dismissed the animal as a harmless basking shark but Catherine was shocked to find out it could have been a deadly Great White UK great white shark claim 'scaremongering' - Jul 30, 2007 Dive Magazine,In fact, the footage is a classic example of how to identify a basking shark, as the first and second dorsal fins are clearly that of the harmless Second sighting of giant "Great White" shark - Jul 30, 2007 Practical Fishkeeping,..."Everyone said it was a harmless Basking shark, so I just carried on filming. It was massive. The boat got right up close to it. We were only about four or We saw fin of a great white - Aug 10, 2007 The Sun,...“There’s no way it was a basking shark. We see plenty of those. Its fin was huge and cut through the water. A basking shark fin moves from side to side and Shark! - Is Jaws lurking off our shores? - Aug 4, 2007 Independent,By this time all experts had agreed that the rear of the dorsal fins thus far published were convex (as on a basking shark), whereas the great white's are SO DO YOU FANCY A DIP? - Aug 1, 2007 South Wales Evening Post,But don't panic - the very un-Jaws like fish is a basking shark, which doesn't snack on humans, unless you accidentally swam into its huge mouth. Giant sharks and whales spotted in Cornwall survey - Aug 6, 2007 innovations report,We are monitoring the effects of human activities on the endangered and protected basking shark, which is a harmless plankton feeder". Is Jaws really be living in Cornwall? - Jul 31, 2007 Daily Mail,..."On a scale of one to ten, there is a zero possibility these pictures show a Great White because one shows a dolphin and the other shows a basking shark," 'Britain's Jaws' caught on film - Jul 30, 2007 ITV.com,It was originally thought to be a harmless Basking shark, but experts have inspected the footage and believe it could be a Great White. 'Beasts' cause summertime havoc for holidaymakers - Jul 31, 2007 Sydney Morning Herald,Experts at Britain's Shark Trust, a marine conservation charity, also insist the fish is not a great white but a basking shark, quite common in the area and JAWS? IT MUST BE SILLY SUMMER SEASON - Jul 31, 2007 The Cornishman,He said the photographs being pored over "clearly pictures a Basking Shark with 100 per cent certainty." "There has been no compelling record, Great White? Get it right! - Aug 1, 2007 Dive Magazine,At the surface, the giveaway is that with the basking shark, the first dorsal and tailfins tend to flop from side to side as the shark progresses slowly THIS ISN'T JAWS... - Aug 2, 2007 South Devon Herald Express,Instead it is more likely to be the harmless basking shark which grows to 30 feet long on a diet of microscopic plankton, and is frequently seen close to Here are some types of sharks that are virtually harmless to people - Aug 3, 2007 أرابياI am talking about the Whale shark and the Basking shark. While both could compete in size with some whales, they are still considered to be part of the 'GREAT WHITE' FILMED - Jul 28, 2007 The Cornishman,If it wasn'ta dolphin, it was a basking shark or a sunfish." In January, bookmaker Totesport offered odds of 25-1 that a Great White would be caught in IT'S NOTHING NASTY - JUST A PASTY - Aug 2, 2007 The Cornishman,Those who rely on their income from the sea all seem to agree that the Great White is either a basking shark, a sun fish, dolphin or porpoise. ALEX SALMOND marked the 100 days since the Holyrood elections with ... - Aug 12, 2007 Glasgow Daily Record,The confident First Minister was like a basking shark. A young woman asked me: "What difference would it make, Scottish independence? Foxboro student studying with sharks - Jul 29, 2007 Attleboro Sun Chronicle,The second-largest type of fish in the world, a basking shark, or Cetorhinus maximus, usually grows to be 35 to 40 feet long. The only bigger fish known to You may see sharks, but experts say don't worry - Aug 9, 2007 Foster's Daily Democrat,Some sharks may stray close to the shore — including the basking shark, which eats plankton. "There's a lot of food in the Gulf of Maine during the I saw the fins just like Jaws - Jul 29, 2007 The Sun,As it circled in the water, fellow tourists dismissed the creature as a docile basking shark. But Catherine got the shock of her life yesterday — as experts Rare albino shark rules deep - Aug 7, 2007 NEWS.com.au,Despite hysterical headlines in UK papers, experts said the creature was most likely a harmless basking shark. Larry Anderson, who was diving with Mr Cragg, IS THIS JAWS? - Aug 3, 2007 The Cornishman,He said: "This 'Great White' is probably nothing more than a basking shark. There are loads of them around here - we quite used to seeing them. Lord Lucan and the possum - Aug 9, 2007 Telegraph.co.uk,...seas off Cornwall softly and suddenly vanished away under scrutiny, turning out to have been a placid porbeagle or at best an innocent basking shark. Sightings of 'great white shark' off Cornwall - Jul 30, 2007 Times Online,...“The shark approached and swam alongside the boat, very much giving us the once over. . . this was absolutely definitely not a basking shark. 'Man-eating' shark off English coast - Jul 30, 2007 Sydney Morning Herald,She told The Sun newspaper that she and other passengers on the boat initially thought it was a docile basking shark, common in local waters, Colony of vulnerable porbeagle sharks at - Aug 6, 2007 Times Online,The porbeagle is listed as “vulnerableâ€? by the European Union but has no official protection, unlike the basking shark. Richard Peirce, chairman of the Seven-metre shark captured off Sesimbra coast 25 Sep 2002 Four Sesimbra fishermen were taken by surprise during the early hours of Tuesday morning as they reeled in a seven-metre-long Basking shark, weighing over 2.5 ... - Portugal News, Teeth bared in battle over world shark stocks Nov 9, 2006 He said only three shark species were on the Cites list of animals whose trade and consumption was in need of monitoring -- the Basking Shark, the Whale Shark ... - Mail & Guardian Online, XMAS FACTOR Nov 18, 2006 On a 10-minute walk across the Blue Flag beach to the local inn or the harbour of Sennen Cove you might see dolphins, seals or even a basking shark. ... - Sunday Mirror, Truly a ‘sin of the world’ Nov 11, 2006 ...the stocks. In Asia, the price for the Sharks fins is astronomical a cool US$10,000 for the tail fin from a basking shark. Wealthy ... - Manila Times, Sharl Tales Oct 27, 2006 Steve Campana, the head of shark research for the Bedford Institute of Oceanography in Halifax, believes Ellands saw a basking shark. ... - The Guardian, Vintage chart Oct 27, 2006 Everyday story of former Special Ops instructor and failed basking shark farmer who befriends an Iraqi otter. Jenny Bunn comes undone ... - Times Online, Mull's winter wildlife Nov 3, 2006 ...is the best time to see wildlife,â€? he says, even though summering birds go south to Africa and the cruises to see minke whale, basking shark and dolphins ... - Times Online, The Banffshire coast is a haven for wildlife and warm welcomes Oct 27, 2006 ...gannet colony. It's also not uncommon to spot the famous Moray Firth dolphins, porpoises or even the occasional basking shark. Back ... - Glasgow Daily Record, Shark project seeks sharks 31 Mar 2006 The New England Basking Shark Project seeks help in spotting basking sharks off the coast of Massachusetts. The basking shark is ... Cape Codder, Int'l Cooperation Weak on Ocean Fisheries 31 Mar 2006 ...shark species. For example, the basking shark is extremely vulnerable to overexploitation due to its slow growth rate. Other threatened ... Inter Press Service (subscription), Conference examines current events in natural history 31 Mar 2006 Carson declared. "This is my first time here. It gave us a chance to get the word out about our Basking Shark Project. It gives ... Cape Codder, Councils in fight to land a giant fish Mar 29, 2006 ...southern stingray (Cayman Islands); Glenelg, regal fish (Malawi); Central Goldfields, a freshwater fish (5 available); Mitchell, basking shark (Isle of Man ... Melbourne Herald Sun, Peugeot 407 Coupé: There's something fishy about this shark-like ... Mar 18, 2006 Given all the majestic, noble creatures to choose from in the animal kingdom, who would base their corporate image on the face of a basking shark? ... Independent, Close encounters with gentle giants Mar 6, 2006 ...suction filter-feeding method, which enable them to draw water into the mouth at higher velocities than these dynamic filter-feeders, like the basking shark.". ... Sun.Star, Tyson: the terrible or the timid? Mar 2, 2006 There's a basking shark in my bath. There's a live bat under the stairs. Something's scraping in the attic. I'm waiting for Mike ... Irish Independent, [an error occurred while processing this directive] archives | news | XML / RSS feed | featured
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