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Over 100 Basking Sharks Return After Copepod Bloom

8/21/2026

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  • A scientist off the Isle of Man tagged a 10-tonne basking shark.
  • The narrator steered an inflatable rib-craft to position the boat for the tagging.
  • Sightings fell from 885 in 2009 to a single shark in 2022.
  • Researchers suggested food shortage, warming seas, and cable-generated electromagnetic fields as possible causes.
  • In summer 2026, over 100 sharks appeared near the island’s southwest coast, linked by officials to a copepod bloom.