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A Sea Monster's Tale - In Search of the Basking Shark (Hardcover)
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A Sea Monster's Tale - In Search of the Basking Shark (Hardcover)
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Colin Speedie's new book takes us from swashbuckling hunts of giant
sharks by reckless individuals with makeshift harpoons, through an
age of mass slaughter, to the author's personal shark-tracking
adventures in the name of conservation.There are few marine
creatures as spectacular as the Basking Shark. At up to 11 metres
in length and seven tonnes in weight, this colossal,
plankton-feeding fish is one of the largest in the world, second
only to the whale shark. Historically, Basking Sharks were a
familiar sight in the northern hemisphere - off the coasts of
Norway, Scotland, Ireland, Canada and the USA, for example. In an
18th Century world without electricity, they became the focus of
active hunting for their huge livers containing large amounts of
valuable oil, primarily used in lamps.Catch numbers were small
enough to leave populations largely intact, but during the 20th
Century a new breed of hunter joined the fray, some driven as much
by a need for adventure as for financial gain. With improved
equipment and experience, they exploited the shark on an industrial
scale that drastically reduced numbers, leading to localised
near-extinction in some areas.From the 1970's onward a new
generation took to the seas, this time with conservation in mind to
identify where the shark might still be found in the waters around
the British Isles, employing new technologies to solve
long-standing mysteries about the behaviour of this elusive
creature. Using the best of both old and new research techniques,
the case was built to justify the species becoming one of the most
protected sharks in the oceans.Today, the Basking Shark is a
much-loved cornerstone of our natural heritage. There are positive
signs that the population has stabilised and may even be slowly
recovering from the damage of the past, proving that timely
conservation measures can be effective.Join us on a journey amidst
wild seas, places, people and conservation history in the battle to
protect this iconic creature - a true sea monster's tale.
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