The Manx Shark Foundation hopes to learn more about basking sharks often spotted around the island.
Related stories
Volunteers fight uphill battle against Indonesian fires
Molecular snapshots reveal how bacteria assemble outer membrane proteins
Week in wildlife: a hitchhiking crab, a shy wallaby and penguins in little jackets
Officer to combat homes pumping sewage into rivers
Is a whale fossil the leftovers of a Bronze Age Sunday roast?
Renewable energy in NI reaches record level