A combination of very settled weather in June 2009 and a 3rd successive “big” basking shark season have combined to produce a record number of combined cetacean and basking shark sightings reports for June 2009. In the previous 6 years 2003-2008, the mean no. validated sightings is 162, but June 2009 has produced a massive
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Conservationists are looking to the United States to help re-establish the authority of the International Whaling Commission after IWC delegates this week failed to reach a deal to regulate global whaling.
The post-mortem of the fin whale stranded in Courtmacsherry Bay in January 2009 will be shown on Channel 4 in a new series starting this week. The programme is entitled “Inside Nature’s Giants” and the four part series covers an Elephant (29 June), Fin whale (6 July), Crocodile (13 July) and Giraffe (20 July). All
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
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