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It's predicted sightings of stranded or beached sharks will become more commonplace off Clare's west coast due to rising sea temperatures and increased fishing activity. It comes in a week when a 6.3 metre long basking shark has been found entangled in lobster pot rope in Baltard near Doonbeg which is the 12th such report nationwide so far this year. Under the Wildlife Act, it's illegal to wilfully interfere with or kill basking sharks but the law doesn't apply to incidental entanglement. Kilrush resident and CEO of the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group Dr Simon Berrow has been telling Clare FM's Seán Lyons that the rise in reported incidents of stranded sharks can be seen as a positive in terms of conservation as it means more sharks are swimming in our waters.