Species Detail - Blue Shark (Prionace glauca) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "ObSERVE II 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).
Prionace glauca
Blue Shark
NBNSYS0000188591
RecommendedWell-formed
Threatened Species: Near threatened
prgla
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Cartilagenous fish (Chondrichthyes)
Species
233
43
74
18/06/2021
28/01/2023
28 January (recorded in 2023)
9 December (recorded in 1999)
Department of Climate, Energy & the Environment, ObSERVE II Aerial Surveys for Seabirds and Cetaceans in the Irish Atlantic Margin, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Blue Shark (Prionace glauca), accessed 14 March 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/442/Species/15658