Basking Sharks: The Slaughter of BC's Gentle Giants

by Scott Wallace and Brian Gisborne

The basking shark, a fish the size of a London bus, used to appear off the BC coast every spring. During World War II, the fish became a nuisance to commercial nets and fishing trollers. Gliding just below the surface, the basking shark was an easy target for a new pest eradication program that touted killing one of the "plankton-eating monsters" as great sport. By 1970, the basking shark was virtually eradicated in BC. Now researchers Scott Wallace...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1554200229
• ISBN13: 9781554200221
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: New Star Books
• Length: 92 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.