The past few days has seen an exceptional run of Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus records in counties Derry, Antrim and Down. The first sighting of a group of c12 was in Portrush , Co. Antrim on Friday 30th May with possibly the same group spotted by surfers at Portstewart and later at Portballintrae. Finally on
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Iceland and Norway have resumed whale meat exports to Japan for the first time since the early 1990s despite a UN ban, a whale exporter said on Monday. Pl
Environment and Heritage Services Coastal Zone centre is hosting celebrations to mark World Oceans Day this weekend (7th – 8th June). IWDG will be among a number of organisations with an interest in marine conservation. Visit us at the EHS Coastal Zone (formerly the Portrush Countryside Centre). A range of events and activities are scheduled
According to a recent report from Iceland’s Marine Research Institute on numbers of Minke whales in Icelandic waters, the minke stock has declined by 24 percent since 2001.
New Zealand plans to ban commercial fishing near its coast and set up marine reserves to protect the rare Hector’s dolphins, a government minister said on Thursday
Conservation group Care for the Wild International (CWI) says that the Government’s disappointing decision on the Threat Management Plan (TMP) for Hector’s and Maui’s dolphins does not ensure the species’ survival, despite being an advance on current prot
We received 18 sightings last week 19-26 May, comprising 5 species from 6 counties, breaking down as follows: Kerry (7), Cork (4), Mayo (3), Donegal (2) and one each for Clare & Antrim. Sightings were down on previous weeks, due no doubt to the relentless easterly winds which resulted in our not receiving a single
In the global rush for resources, a tiny pink crustacean living in the seas around Antarctica is testing man’s ability to manage one of the world’s last great fisheries without damaging the environment.
Senegalese fishermen dragged dozens of stranded pilot whales back out to sea on Wednesday but at least 20 more died on the beach after mysteriously coming ashore.
Once hunted to the brink of extinction, humpback whales have made a dramatic comeback in the North Pacific Ocean over the past four decades, a new study says.