Name: How do you save a shark you know nothing about?
Uploaded: 2012-02-16T15:52:00Z
Duration: 16 min 29 s
Description: They're the second-largest fish in the world, they're almost extinct, and we know almost nothing about them. In this talk, Simon Berrow describes the fascinating basking shark ("great fish of the sun" in Irish), and the exceptional -- and wonderfully low-tech -- ways he's learning enough to save them.

They're the second-largest fish in the world, they're almost extinct, and we know almost nothing about them. In this talk, Simon Berrow describes the fascinating basking shark ("great fish of the sun" in Irish), and the exceptional -- and wonderfully low-tech -- ways he's learning enough to save them.

Simon Berrow: How do you save a shark you know nothing about?

How do you save a shark you know nothing about?

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