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| Shark tag's cross-country journey | Shark tag's cross-country journey |
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| Marine scientists are offering a reward for the return of a £3,000 shark tag which has been tracked across Scotland's central belt. | Marine scientists are offering a reward for the return of a £3,000 shark tag which has been tracked across Scotland's central belt. |
| The device is believed to have come off a basking shark in the Firth of Clyde. | |
| Scientists believe it was picked up by someone who lives in Ayrshire and is being kept in a bag. | Scientists believe it was picked up by someone who lives in Ayrshire and is being kept in a bag. |
| They want it returned as it contains crucial data about the movements of a shark between the Isle of Man and the West Coast of Scotland. | They want it returned as it contains crucial data about the movements of a shark between the Isle of Man and the West Coast of Scotland. |
| Dr Mauvis Gore, who is part of a project run by Marine Conservation International, said the purpose of tagging was to track the sharks once they headed north from the Manx coast. | Dr Mauvis Gore, who is part of a project run by Marine Conservation International, said the purpose of tagging was to track the sharks once they headed north from the Manx coast. |
| She said: "This one seems to have chosen to go into the Clyde, then the tag has come off. Now it's a bit of a mystery. | She said: "This one seems to have chosen to go into the Clyde, then the tag has come off. Now it's a bit of a mystery. |
| If we can get it back then we can trace what the shark has been doing since it left the Isle of Man Dr Mauvis GoreMarine Conservation International | If we can get it back then we can trace what the shark has been doing since it left the Isle of Man Dr Mauvis GoreMarine Conservation International |
| "It seems to be moving back and forth between Ardrossan and Troon and we think it's based in Irvine. | "It seems to be moving back and forth between Ardrossan and Troon and we think it's based in Irvine. |
| "But it has also gone on 'holiday', one day to Edinburgh and back." | "But it has also gone on 'holiday', one day to Edinburgh and back." |
| Dr Gore said she believed that someone had the tag in a bag or possibly the boot of a car. | Dr Gore said she believed that someone had the tag in a bag or possibly the boot of a car. |
| "We have a reward as the tag is valuable from a data point of view," she said. | "We have a reward as the tag is valuable from a data point of view," she said. |
| "If we can get it back then we can trace what the shark has been doing since it left the Isle of Man. | "If we can get it back then we can trace what the shark has been doing since it left the Isle of Man. |
| The tag is thought to have come from a basking shark | The tag is thought to have come from a basking shark |
| "We want to know how deep it has gone, what area it needs to be in, so that we can see what type of water these baskin sharks prefer. | "We want to know how deep it has gone, what area it needs to be in, so that we can see what type of water these baskin sharks prefer. |
| "For a big animal like that, we actually know more about its tiny food (plankton) than we do about the shark itself." | "For a big animal like that, we actually know more about its tiny food (plankton) than we do about the shark itself." |
| Dr Gore said the project was "desperate" to recover the tag, which she described as being "like an ice-cream cone". | Dr Gore said the project was "desperate" to recover the tag, which she described as being "like an ice-cream cone". |
| She said the cone part would look grey with the ice-cream part being bright red. It also had an antennae sticking out the top "like a 99". | She said the cone part would look grey with the ice-cream part being bright red. It also had an antennae sticking out the top "like a 99". |
| Dr Gore asked anyone who finds the tag to send it to the University Marine Biological Station at Millport. | Dr Gore asked anyone who finds the tag to send it to the University Marine Biological Station at Millport. |