IWDG report on who is seeing what around all-Irish waters during the good conditions of last week.

Australia said it remained determined to end Japanese whaling in the southern Ocean on Tuesday as the whaling fleet returned to port in Tokyo after harpooning barely half its planned haul.

Japan says it is “regrettable” that its whaling fleet had killed little more than half its intended catch during this year’s hunt, due to harassment by activists.

Japan’s Antarctic whaling catch fell far short of its target this season, hampered by a series of skirmishes with anti-whaling protesters, the Fisheries Agency said on Monday.

Japan says it is “regrettable” that its whaling fleet had killed little more than half its intended catch during this year’s hunt, due to harassment by activists.

Australia said it remained determined to end Japanese whaling in the southern Ocean on Tuesday as the whaling fleet returned to port in Tokyo after harpooning barely half its planned haul.

Attacks by killer whales may be helping to drive the sudden and mysterious decline of seals around the northern coasts of Scotland, new research suggests.

Britain agreed to bankroll controversial drilling for oil and gas, despite a warning from its own officials of the “potentially devastating effects” on a critically endangered species of whale.

A SICK humpback whale trapped in a private harbour north of Perth has died. News.co.au

Britain agreed to bankroll controversial drilling for oil and gas, despite a warning from its own officials of the “potentially devastating effects” on a critically endangered species of whale.