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Mon 06 Jun 2010The sharks are back
ANGLING NOTES:VERY little is known about the migration and diving behaviour of porbeagle sharks (Lamna nasus) in the northeast Atlantic, according to Dr Ryan Saunders of the Marine Institute (MI), Oranmore, Co Galway.
Like most pelagic sharks, the porbeagle is vulnerable to commercial fishing pressure, slow growth rate and complicated reproductive cycle. And, due to a lack of information on its ecology, there is no protective legislation in place for the species.
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