2012 Code of Conduct
A brief reminder to boat-users around the UK – especially in Basking Shark hotspots: please take extra care during the summer and autumn season when the sharks arrive in our waters.
Download the Shark Trust's Basking Shark Code of Conduct
here for more information.
LEFT: Propellor damage (c) Jane Young
A Basking Shark...breaching? Each summer the Shark Trust receives reports of 'White Sharks' breaching off the coast of Cornwall. What many people don't realise is that Basking Sharks, like White Sharks, also leap clear of the water...regularly!
Marine biologists think breaching could be part of Basking Shark courtship behaviour - read more here...
Have you seen or found
a Basking Shark tag?
The Irish Basking Shark Project was busy last season - with 115 white, red and yellow tags deployed.
Click here to find out more about the project - and how you can help...