Calls to protect basking sharks as clusters appear off Co Clare

“We wouldn’t have a notion if it wasn’t for the use of drones, flying the drones out has been amazing as you can really see the off-shore sharks gathering in their hundreds,” said Simon Berrow from the group.
Calls to protect basking sharks as clusters appear off Co Clare

Huge numbers of basking sharks are exhibiting their courting behaviour from west Clare to the Aran Islands. Picture: Simon Berrow

A research team examining basking sharks has called on the Government to protect the marine mammals.

Hundreds of basking sharks have been spotted in small clusters just off the Co Clare coast.

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