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During the summer of 2004 a survey of cetacean distribution and relative abundance was conducted on board the RV Celtic Explorer off the west coast of Ireland. 508 hours of survey effort were conducted, with 304.2 hours in Beaufort sea-state 3 or less. Two hundred and thirty one sightings of eight species were recorded. These

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The Irish Ferries high speed ferry ‘Jonathan Swift’ was reported to have struck a soft object, possibly a whale off the Holyhead coast at 2pm today.

Update 9 Analysis of all available images end the debate on the identification of the Larne balaenopterid. It was clear from the post mortem that this was not a fin whale, and all indicators, including the jet black baleen on both sides, were that it was a sei whale. But there was an outside chance

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Newly discovered gardens of colorful corals, which bloom about 1,000 feet (305 meters) underwater off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands and in the Gulf of Alaska, will get special protection starting Friday.

The European Union and Mauritania reached agreement on Saturday on a new fisheries partnership that will give EU vessels access to the African nation’s fish stocks for another six years.