NEBShark.org Basking Shark - Report A Sighting

Report A Basking Shark Sighting

Please fill in the form below to submit your basking shark sighting report to the New England Basking Shark Project scientists. Please provide as much information as you can and include up to 4 pictures of the sharks, if you were able to get pictures. Please provide us with contact information in case our scientists have any questions or want any further details. We respect your privacy. the contact information you give will not be shared with any other organization or business group.

Contact Information

First Name:

Last Name :

E-mail :

Organization:

Address:

City:

State:

Zip:

Contact Phone Number

Sighting Information

Date (mm/dd/yy):

Time (Indicate time and AM or PM):

General Location (i.e. off Race Point, Provincetown, MA):

Position (Lat/Lo or loran C):

# of Sharks:

If single sighting, estimated size of animal (in feet):

Behavior (please check all applicable behaviors:
Individual Basking Shark Sighting:

feeding – mouth is open (can see greenish patch near mouth)
not feeding - mouth is closed
swimming pattern is relatively straight
swimming pattern is more circular
tail thrashing
breaching (jumping out of water)

Other:

Multiple Basking Sharks Sighting:

echelon behavior (one above the other)
parallel swimming
following (nose to tail)
nudging
pectoral fin grabbing

Other:

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Comments:

New England Basking Shark Project (NebShark), works in collaboration with Bridgewater State College in Bridgewater, Massachusetts and the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries.