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
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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.
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
One of the biggest mass strandings in Australia has occurred off Tasmania; 192 pilot whales and some dolphins beached on King Island. Wildlife Extra
The IWDG have just attended our 3rd consecutive Dublin Boatshow at the RDS Simmonscourt to promote cetacean conservation and recording schemes among the boating public. Despite the difficult economic backdrop, the Dublin Boatshow remains the biggest exhibition of its kind in Ireland, attracting thousands of mariners to the RDS. Between Wed 18th and Sun 22nd
Icelandic fishermen will be allowed to catch 100 minke whales and 150 fin whales during 2009, a decision that will upset environmental groups and many in the international community. Planet