The IWDG were featured on RTE News and Seascapes on RTE Radio 1 yesterday regarding the recent cetacean strandings in Ireland. The IWDG in partnership with Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) recently carried out a two week survey of offshore deep-water canyons on the RV Celtic Explorer. This survey targeted beaked whales, a group of
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Irish Pelagic Sustainability Group (IPSG) have recently been awarded the Marine Stewardship Council Certification for its Western mackerel pelagic trawl fishery and is therefore able to use the MSC’s logo on its products. This covers mackerel fished in EU Waters: ICES sub-areas VI, VII and VIII and Division Vb and international waters: sub-areas XII and
During a rare respite in the weather (during dinner time, of course!) the Cetaceans on the Frontier research team (see http://www.iwdg.ie/ShipSurveys/?id=68) witnessed something that none had thought possible. Hopes were high that we would encounter some of the infamously elusive offshore bottlenose dolphins during the Cetaceans on the Frontier research cruise. We had had a
Survey Ended: Cetaceans on the Frontier Survey 2009 Area: Porcupine Bank & NW Shelf Slopes. Agency: IWDG/GMIT/Marine Institute Ship: Celtic Explorer ______________________________________ 31st August 2009 We arrived at Galway docks at 02:00hrs this morning. At 8am we began unloading gear and equipment, including the IWDG RIB. By midday we were on our way back to
Update 29/08/09 The second Northern bottlenose whale, a 5.8m male animal has unfortunately now also been found dead, stranded at Whiddy Island. Bantry whale update 28/08/09 10:30am Clare Heardman, NPWS can now confirm that the Northern bottlenose whale that died yesterday at Bantry at 17:00 was a 6.3m (20ft) female. It will be removed later
Update 29/08/09 The second Northern bottlenose whale, a 5.8m male animal has unfortunately now also been found dead, stranded at Whiddy Island. Bantry whale update 28/08/09 10:30am Clare Heardman, NPWS can now confirm that the Northern bottlenose whale that died yesterday at Bantry at 17:00 was a 6.3m (20ft) female. It will be removed later
Follow the daily blog on: http://www.iwdg.ie/ShipSurveys/?id=68 A research team of 12 men and six women are heading out to the edge of the continental shelf on an IWDG/GMIT cetacean survey – the first dedicated cetacean survey ever carried out by Irelands’ state research vessels. The main aim of the survey is to conduct a habitat
IWDG have received a sighting report with supporting video clips taken on a mobile phone which confirm a group of three Northern bottlenose whales off the mouth of Carlingford Lough, Co. Down on Sat. 22nd August 2009. The sighting was made during an angling trip outside Carlingford Lough, and was reported to us by Mark
The IWDG delivered the 8th All-Ireland, Whale Watch Day, on Sun 23rd August 2009 with free guided land-based whale watches at 15 watch sites around the coast. To say the weather on the day was unsuitable for whale watching would be putting it mildly. Moderate to poor conditions prevailed at all sites except for Bray
Early yesterday morning Peggy Fitzgerald from Cloghane in North Kerry phoned up the IWDG to report that a dolphin had recently been refloated by her son. At 6pm the Irish Coastguard phoned the IWDG to report a porpoise/dolphin on the neach at Annagashen, Co Louth. These events take place only a few days after a