Whale watching generates far more money than whale hunting, according to a report released at the International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting here. BBC
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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
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
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.
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
Denmark has requested a quota for Greenland to kill 50 humpback whales off the coast of West Greenland under the banner of “aboriginal subsistence whaling”. Wild