Following on from 2 recent mass stranding in Tasmania, some 80 false killer whales and bottlenose dolphins have stranded in Hamelin Bay, south-west of Margaret River.
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Following on from 2 recent mass stranding in Tasmania, some 80 false killer whales and bottlenose dolphins have stranded in Hamelin Bay, south-west of Margaret River.
For the first time ever, a large whale, a North Atlantic right whale that had been severely entangled in fishing gear, has been sedated in order to make it possible for rescuers to remove 90 percent of the entanglement.
With much sadness we learned last week of the untimely passing of Des Mills, Bunagee, Inishowen, Co. Donegal. Des was a life long supporter of the IWDG, a dedicated marine conservationist, fisherman and fundraiser for the Lough Swilly RNLI. I first heard of Des Mills in one of his early contributions to IWDG News, Issue
A large humpback whale has been spotted swimming close to Hong Kong’s famous harbor in what’s believed to be the first sighting of the species in the territory’s waters. Planet Ark
A new IWDG/GMIT paper on abundance estimates and acoustic monitoring has recently been published by the Royal Irish Academy. The paper describes a survey of harbour porpoise which was carried out between July and October 2007, within the Blasket Islands candidate Special Area of Conservation (cSAC) on behalf of the National Parks and Wildlife Service.
The striped dolphin refloated by the Achill Lifeboat yesterday has restranded and died on Keem Strand, Achill Island.
Twenty-six non-governmental organisations (NGOs) from around the world have united to issue a call to governments asking them to oppose a deal that could signal the end of the international moratorium on commercial whaling.
Report III. 10/03/09 19:00 Since the early days of March hadn’t allowed any watches it was only today that I managed my first ‘effort’ watch of the month. The morning had been quite breezy so it wasn’t until mid afternoon that I started my watch. As the wind dropped I was finally able to spot
On 9 March, the Northern Ireland Environment Agency’s Coastal Zone centre received a call alerting staff to a highly peculiar live stranding at Portstewart Strand, on the north Irish coast.