Europe’s fishermen should stop catching North Sea cod and Bay of Biscay anchovy next year if the two species are to stand a chance of survival after years of chronic overfishing, scientists said on Monday.
Yearly Archives: 2006
Iceland decided on Tuesday to resume commercial whale hunts for the first time in two decades, ignoring an international moratorium. Planet Ark
At c16:00, 11th Oct 2006, IWDG received a call from IWDG member, Janet Howley, of three dead stranded dolphins at Youghal, Co. Cork.
After the recent sperm whale stranding in Strandhill, the IWDG with support from the Heritage- In- Schools Scheme and Sligo County Council visited 14 schools. As a result of an extremely positive response to an initial Sperm whale fact sheet, sent out by Sligo County Council’s Environmental Awareness Officer, Sharon Eastwood, it was decided that
A leatherback turtle wasfound washed up at Ballyteigue National Nature Reserve, Co Wexford this afternoon
The IWDG has called on the Irish government to sign and ratify the ASCOBANS agreement.
The United Nations needs to stop the destruction of deep sea ecosystems by banning fishermen from trawling nets on the ocean floor, Australia, New Zealand and Palau, joined by actress Sigourney Weaver, said on Tuesday.
EU negotiators will call on the United Nations next week to outlaw any expansion of deep-sea fishing in vulnerable ecological areas where trawlermen use huge trawling nets and dredging to scoop up fish from the seabed.
Minke whales are being seen regularly at present from Loop Head, Co Clare, presumably attracted by spawning herring. On 3 October at least 2 fin and probably a humpback whale were also observed.
On saturday 23 September, a humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) was spotted in Dingle Bay by IWDG member, Nick Massett. This is the second time this summer that this species has been recorded here, the previous one being the juvenile humpback on the 14 and 15 July, which later stranded in Inverin, Co. Galway. Nick’s account