An International Whaling Commission (IWC) panel is seeking an agreement at its annual meeting next week to allow Japan to hunt minke whales off its coast in exchange for cutting back its controversial yearly “scientific” hunt.
Posts Categorized: News
Last weekend 5-7th June saw the 1st of the IWDG’s summer 2009 weekend whale-watching courses on Cape Clear Island, Co. Cork. It was attended by 15 participants, comprising both IWDG members and public alike. Despite a very poor weather outlook, we cheated the predicted torrential rain that was due on Saturday and we enjoyed sunshine
Years of study and effort by NOAA and the U.S. Coast Guard will pay off this summer when two changes to shipping lanes into Boston are implemented. Both changes significantly reduce the risk of collisions between large ships and whales.
Blue whales have been recorded singing in New York coastal waters for the very first time. The voice of a singing blue whale was tracked about 70 miles off of Long Island and New York City in January 2009, as the whale swam slowly from east to west. At th
At least 55 whales stranded on a beach near Cape Town were put down or died after rescue teams failed to return them to the ocean, a sea rescue institute said on Sunday. Planet Ark
The IWDG and the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology in collaboration with Veterinary Ireland are organising a seminar on the post-mortem examination of stranded cetaceans in Ireland.
On 25th May we received a report of a sighting of a whale off Ireland’s Eye, Co. Dublin on Sunday between 12:00-13:30 from Eamon Mc Grattan. Along with his report was an image taken from the boat on which Eamon was angling. The image (above) which showed only the dorsal fin caused some debate on
For those of you who have just seen RTE’s “Living the Wildlife” whale programme and are new to the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group and our website, you are very welcome. You may find the following of interest. If you missed the Whale Programme you can now view it via the RTE website until the
Survey Ended: Coralfish ROV Survey Area: Shelf Edge, Porcupine Seabight & Biscay. Agency: NUI Galway / Marine Institute Ship: Celtic Explorer Observer: Dave Wall ______________________________________ RTE News: Major new area of deepwater coral reefs found off the west coast. 18th May 2009 This morning found us off Galley Head, Cork. Despite a survey from Galley
The safety of western Scotland’s whales and dolphins has been called into question following an incident involving naval sonar. This took place during the major NATO military exercise, Joint Warrior, in Scottish waters.