During the last two weeks a total of 6 beaked whales stranded on São Miguel Island, Azores. Of these 6 two were dead and 4 stranded alive and returned to the open sea. From the first two animals (the dead ones) we only can get one identification and it was a Cuvier’s Beaked Whale, probably
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The global whale watching industry has experienced massive growth over the past decade, according to a report released by the International Fund for Animal Welfare – IFAW.
Norwegian whalers have announced that they have suspended their whale season half way through their usual whaling season after killing around 350 Minke whales, less than 40% of the allotted of 885 whales, saying that demand is saturated, according to a No
The International Whaling Commission failed to find a compromise between whaling and anti-whaling nations on Wednesday in a serious blow to its authority as a regulator. Planet Ark
Whale watching generates far more money than whale hunting, according to a report released at the International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting here. BBC
Just days after the first fin whale sighting of the season, RNLI crews successfully free a humpback whale entangled in lobster pot lines of Hook Head, Co. Wexford. The first humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae sighting of this years whale season, could have gone so disastrously wrong, as a 30ft humpback whale was found entangled in
Survey Ended: NUIG Climate Change Survey Area: Porcupine Bank & Seabight. Agency: NUI Galway / Marine Institute Ship: Celtic Explorer Observer: Dave Wall ______________________________________ 22nd June 2009 This morning we docked in Killybegs at 07:00. Download the full survey report. 21st June 2009 Despite good survey conditions (sea state 4, decreasing to 2 by late
Just days after the first fin whale sighting of the season, RNLI crews successfully free a humpback whale entangled in lobster pot lines of Hook Head, Co. Wexford. The first humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae sighting of this years whale season, could have gone so disastrously wrong, as a 30ft humpback whale was found entangled in
Report 11, 19/06/09 We’ve just received our 2nd fin whale report now, albeit from offshore waters along the western slopes of the Porcupine Bank, where Dave Wall, IWDG, has just seen c8-10 fin whales. Dave is currenly on the NUIG Climate Change Survey in the Porcupine Bank & Seabight, with NUI Galway / Marine Institute
It is difficult to believe in this day in age, with all that we know about sharks’ plummeting populations, their critical role in ocean ecosystems and the minimal risk they pose to humans, that the archaic and destructive practice of installing shark nets