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.
Posts Categorized: News
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
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
Oil and gas exploration by energy giants Exxon, BP and Rosneft is seriously threatening one of the world’s most critically endangered whales, according to a panel of top scientists in a new report.