NEBShark.org Basking Shark - Report A Sighting

Report An Ocean Sunfish 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 email your pictures of the sunfish using the link at the bottom of this page, 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 Sunfish

Behavior (please check all applicable behaviors:

Swimming
Skulling of dorsal fin
Basking on surface with right side up
Basking on surface with left side up
Breaching (jumping)

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.