Species Detail - Blue Shark (Prionace glauca) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Local Biodiversity Action Fund (LBAF) Database".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).
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Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
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Prionace glauca
Blue Shark
NBNSYS0000188591 RecommendedWell-formed
Threatened Species: Near threatened
prgla
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Cartilagenous fish (Chondrichthyes)
Species
1
0
1
21/08/2025
21/08/2025
28 January (recorded in 2023)
9 December (recorded in 1999)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Local Biodiversity Action Fund (LBAF) Database, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Blue Shark (Prionace glauca), accessed 03 July 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/441/Species/15658

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)