Citation: Fowler, S. 1995 Assessment of the conservation status of the basking shark Cetorhinus maximus (using the 1994 IUCN Red List Categories). Porcupine Marine Natural History Newsletter 6: 86-89
Number of Pages: 4
Volume Part: 3
Keywords: Fauna, Fish, Fishing, History, Legislation, Marine, Pisces, Shark
Abstract: Paper discusses the assessment of the conservation status of the basking shark. Specific reference is made to Ireland and the Achill Island area where average catches of the basking shark declined from 1,067 pa in 1949-58, to 119 pa in 1959-68 and then 40 pa for the remaining years of the fishery.