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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

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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

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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

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As the first of Iceland’s whaling ships reportedly heads to sea in an attempt to harpoon up to 150 endangered fin whales, the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) is urging the Icelandic government to call off this cruel and needless slaughter now