Whales and dolphins will feature at this years Conamara Sea Week Conference which is entitled The Marine – an area still unknown from 25-27 October at Letterfrack, Co Galway.
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A phone call to Kevin Flannery/Dingle Oceanworld on 11th Oct. 2008 alerted IWDG to a stranded whale near Inch Beach, Co. Kerry.
Although this has seemed like a fairly quiet year as far as cetacean spotting is concerned there is obviously still a wide diversity of marine mammal life to be encountered in our inshore waters. Since 13th July and the humpback whale ‘Boomerang’s visit to Ardmore we have seen harbour porpoise, common, bottlenose and Risso’s dolphins
The Supreme Court seemed on Wednesday closely split on whether President George W. Bush can exempt the Navy from federal environmental laws, a case pitting protection of whales against military training exercises.
A bottlenose dolphin live stranded and died in Costello, Co Galway. A post-mortem examination showed the dolphin had been sick for some time and in poor health.
The number of polluted “dead zones” in the world’s oceans is rising fast and coastal fish stocks are more vulnerable to collapse than previously feared, scientists said on Monday.
Report III: 29/09/08 We’ve received reports from local Ardfield farmer, Tim Feen this morning 29/09/08 of at least three fin whales blowing in the same area as yesterday. This morning’s activity is c2 miles Southwest of Sands Cove near Ardfield, Clonakilty Bay and is likely to be of the same whales observed yesterday. Unfortunately the
On Friday 26 September, an exploratory one day trip to the shelf edge west of the Blasket Islands produced an amazing six species of cetaceans in twelve hours.
Survey Ended: 2008 FSS Deepwater Survey Area: Shelf Slopes Agency: Marine Institute Ship: R.V. Celtic Explorer Observer: Dave Wall ______________________________________ 21st September 2008 This morning was still very rough. Despite this the captain reported a group of common dolphins approaching the bow as we crossed from the Porcupine Bank to the Irish Shelf. As the
August 2008. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is in the final steps in the process of implementing new legislation designed to protect the critically endangered Northern right whale.