The guests on the neighboring sea safari boat begin to giggle at the shocked expression of one offshore seal when it abruptly raises its head above the water.
For this reason, a group of scientists has chosen to start their hunt for the first great white shark to be seen in Irish or UK seas at Great Blasket Island in County Kerry.
A significant number of grey seals call it home, but is anyone coming for dinner?
The US non-profit research group Ocearch is cautiously hopeful about the possibility that great white sharks are present in the waters surrounding Britain and Ireland.
That would be the pinnacle of our accomplishments on the water. If we could show others in this field and other research institutes where they may potentially work on them and get more work going, then one shark would be the greatest gift we could offer to any region of the world for their future.
Fischer’s crew is holding out for a breakthrough on a totally different kind of catch on a defunct crabbing vessel that once operated in the icy Bering Sea.
