After a spate of bottlenose dolphin activity in Lough Swilly, locals are faced with a live-stranding of two common dolphins.
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This year, the IWC turns 60 and there are signs of a new maturity. Some parties in both pro- and anti-whaling camps have had enough of the deadlock which on one side sees up to 2,500 whales hunted each year under what is supposed to be a global moratorium
As the Round Britain Power Boat Race heads to Pembrokeshire it has fuelled a new round in the debate within the county. BBC
The huge mammal was spotted by a fisherman about 20ft (6m) away from his boat at the southern end of Port Soderick Bay on Monday. BBC
A month after the 1st humpback record of 2008 from Malin Hd, IWDG receive the 1st south coast record from the Irish Naval Service (Updated 20/6/08).
Animal welfare campaigners say Greenland’s whaling, held under rules permitting subsistence hunting, has become too commercial in character. BBC
During the period IWDG received 54 marine megafauna sightings from 7 counties, all of which have been validated and are now available on www.iwdg.ie. These break down as follows: Kerry (33%), Cork (26%), Antrim (13%), Donegal (9.2%), Mayo (5%), Waterford & Down (3.7%), and Wexford (1.8%) The big news is that basking shark sightings seem
During the period IWDG received 54 marine megafauna sightings from 7 counties, all of which have been validated and are now available on www.iwdg.ie. These break down as follows: Kerry (33%), Cork (26%), Antrim (13%), Donegal (9.2%), Mayo (5%), Waterford & Down (3.7%), and Wexford (1.8%) The big news is that basking shark sightings seem
As the bodies of 26 common dolphins were recovered from the Cornish coastline last week, marine mammal experts and conservationists struggled to understand the incident.
Some 55 dolphins have died, after coming ashore on a beach in the northwest of Madagascar, conservationists said on Monday. Planet Ark