Contact Details for Organisations Mentioned in this Website
You can also link to our NEW WEBSITE on www.manxbaskingsharkwatch.com (for basking shark reporting and basking shark photo publishing)
Manx Wildlife Trust
Manx Wildlife Trust, Tynwald Mills, St Johns. IM4 3AE
Telephone +44 (0) 1624 801985.
Fax. +44 (0) 1624 801022
website: www.wildlifetrust.org.uk/manxwt
Marine Conservation Society Basking Shark Watch
Marine Conservation Society, Wolf Business Park, Alton Road, Ross on Wye HR9 5NB.
Telephone +44 (0) 1989 561 594
Fax. +44 (0) 1989 567 815
website: www.mcsuk.org (general page MCS)
direct link to Basking Shark Watch is http://www.mcsuk.org/marineworld/baskingsharks
Manx Whale + Dolphin Watch
Manx Whale + Dolphin Watch, Ballaquane, Dalby. IM5 3BP
Tel/Fax +44 (0) 1 624 844353.
website: www.mwdw.net
Manx National Heritage, Douglas, Isle of Man
"Protecting, presenting and promoting the unique cultural and historical heritage of the Isle of Man."
Eiraght Ashoonagh Vannin, Doolish, Ellan Vannin IM1 3LY
Telephone +44 (0)1624 648000
Fax: +44 (0)1624 648001
E-mail: enquiries@mnh.gov.im
www.gov.im/mnh
Wildlife and Conservation Division, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (Isle of Man Government).
Wildlife and Conservation Division, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Knockaloe Farm, Peel, Isle of Man.
Telephone: +44 (0) 1624 843109 or E.mail: daff.wildlife@gov.im to report dead animals on beaches and live strandings of any large marine animal with the exception of seals. Seals are rescued by the Manx Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MSPCA).
Manx Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MSPCA).
Ard Jerkyll. East Foxdale, Isle of Man, IM4 3HL.
Telephone: +44 (0) 1624 851672
Fax: +44 (0) 1624 852923
Manx Radio.
Manx Radio, Douglas Head, Isle of Man. IM1 5BW Telephone 01624-682600
Email: reception@manxradio.com
howardcaine@manxradio.com (to report a particularly good basking shark sighting)
Manx Tourist Information
Tourist Information Centre, Ronaldsway Airport, Ballasalla. Isle of Man. IM9 2AS
OR
Town Hall, Derby Road, Peel, Isle of Man IM5 1HH
Telephone: 01624-686766
For general information about the Isle of Man including tourism, please see www.isleofman.com
Other Websites About Basking Sharks.
CEBS website: Conservation of Endangered Basking Sharks: Link is on www.mba.ac.uk/Fellows/Sims/fbewebsite.htm
Dr Sim's teams Laboratory pages: Link to details of Dr Sim's research team is on www.mba.ac.uk/sims.htm
Ichthyology at the Florida Museum of Natural History: This has a good section on basking shark biology: www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/
Marine Biological Association of the UK: This site has information about the Marine Biological Associations work and it links Dr David Sim's teams work on basking sharks: www.mba.ac.uk
Shark tracking: Interesting website on current research tracking basking sharks www.cefas.co.uk/sharks
Shark Trust: Good website about the Shark Trust and their work on sharks and rays. Shark Trust, Rope Walk, Coxside, Plymouth. PL4 00LF Telephone +44 (0) 1752 672008 www.sharktrust.org
The European Basking Shark Photo-identification Project (EBSPiP):To submit your basking shark images contact www.baskingsharks.co.uk
Telephone +44 (0) 1752 672008
“Jaws, the Natural History of Sharks”: www.fathom.com Link under 'Natural History'. A BBC Natural History Unit Production has four seminars with some good work about basking sharks.
Videos of Sharks
John Boyles video "E.Mail from a Shark". (About Dr Sims' work). www.sharkbayfilms.com
The Wildlife Trusts Shark Video hotographs of Sharks
Gavin Parsons photographs/posters www.h2o-images.co.uk
Related Websites
Manx Whale and Dolphin Watch:
www.mwdw.net
phone 01624 844353
Whale and Dolphin Society:
www.wdcs.org
The Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Society:
www.whaledolphintrust.co.uk
Seawatch Foundation: They monitor cetaceans (whales and dolphins)
www.seawatchfoundation.org.uk
Telephone +44 (0) 1865-717276
The local Isle of Man contact is John Galpin +44 (0) 01624-844351
Shark Trust:
www.sharktrust.org
Good website about the Shark Trust and their work on sharks and rays. Shark Trust, Rope Walk, Coxside, Plymouth. PL4 00LF
Telephone +44 (0) 1752 672008
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