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.
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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
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
Pollution in the Mekong River has pushed the local population of Irrawaddy dolphins to the brink of extinction, according to a new WWF report. Wildlife Extra
The governments of Norway and Japan are using their taxpayers’ money to subsidize their unprofitable whaling industries, according to a first-time analysis of the economics of whaling.