Species Detail - Basking Shark (Cetorhinus maximus) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "ObSERVE Aerial Surveys for Seabirds and Cetaceans in the Irish Atlantic Margin".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Cetorhinus maximus
Basking Shark
N/A
Threatened Species: OSPAR Convention
cemax
(Gunnerus, 1765)
cartilagenous fish (Chondrichthyes)
Species
55
15
20
13/06/2015
23/11/2016
2 February (recorded in 2012)
11 December (recorded in 2011)
Department of Communications, Climate Action & Environment, ObSERVE Aerial Surveys for Seabirds and Cetaceans in the Irish Atlantic Margin, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Basking Shark (Cetorhinus maximus), accessed 22 February 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/322/Species/15533>