The journey of a basking shark has been tracked from Malin head, Co. Donegal to tropical waters west of the Cape Verde Islands, over 5000km. This is an exciting new finding for the iconic shark species which visit Irish waters during the summer months. It was previously believed that the sharks that visit our shores only foraged in temperate waters. ‘Banba’ a female basking shark tagged in July with a satellite transmitter off Malin head, Co. Donegal has just released its transmitter west of the Cape Verde Islands, over 5000km away from were it was originally tagged…..
Afloat.ie 19/12/12. Read the article ‘Basking Shark tracked from Donegal to Tropical waters in Exciting Discovery’
