Rare basking shark caught by fishing trawler off south-western Victoria coast
ABC News, 13 Aug 2015.
Researchers are hopeful the discovery of a rare shark in south-western Victoria will help them learn more about the second largest living fish. The 6.3-metre basking shark was caught by a trawler at Portland, west of Warrnambool. Read the full story at ABC News.
This is a similar basking shark spotted by Redmap member Bob Tracey and logged on Redmap in August 2014. Bob photographed this rare sighting in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria!
