First visual record of a living basking shark Cetorhinus maximus in the Caribbean Sea
The occurrence of basking sharks in the Caribbean Sea is only recently documented by satellite tagging studies, which show that some individuals migrate through the region en route from waters off the east coast of the USA to waters off northeastern South-America. The observation of a basking shark on 7 November 2013 ca. 130 km north-northeast of Aruba during an aerial survey of marine mammals in the waters around the Dutch Leeward Islands is reported. This observation constitutes the rst visual record of a living basking shark in the Caribbean.
Date
2016
Data type
Scientific article
Theme
Research and monitoring
URL
Journal
Geographic location
Aruba