Survey Ended: 2008 Blue Whiting Survey Area: Rockall Trough Agency: Fisheries Science Services, Marine Institute Ship: R.V. Celtic Explorer Observer: Dave Wall ______________________________________ Date: 15 April 2008 Woke this morning as the ship arrived off St. John’s Point, Donegal Bay. No cetaceans sighted in the bay, though a few seals were seen in the channel
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For years the fate of the world’s whales has swung with the vote count at meetings of the International Whaling Commission (IWC). National Geograph
A pair of researchers from the Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa has discovered that it hurts dolphins to swim faster than about 54 kilometres per hour near the surface, but tuna do not suffer the same problem.
A population of rare Chinese white dolphins in Hong Kong’s coastal waters may be threatened by several upcoming construction projects including a proposed new airport runway, a dolphin conservation group has warned.
While the North coast was enjoying the antics of bottlenose dolphins, IWDG member Paddy Roche observed and photographed the 1st minke of the Spring 2008 season.
No, IWDG are not doing traffic reports now, but the pulling power of dolphins was once more demonstrated on St. Patrick’s Day in Co. Antrim as cars just stopped on the coast road to watch this group of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Tina and I first got sight of them from the hills above Carnlough
The vaquita, a tiny stubby-nosed porpoise found only in Mexico’s Sea of Cortez, is on the brink of extinction as more die each year in fishing nets than are being born, biologists say.
Researchers at the nonprofit Cetos Research Organization have shown for the first ever that humpback whale calves make sounds. RedO
Researchers at the nonprofit Cetos Research Organization have shown for the first ever that humpback whale calves make sounds. RedO
The vaquita, a tiny stubby-nosed porpoise found only in Mexico’s Sea of Cortez, is on the brink of extinction as more die each year in fishing nets than are being born, biologists say.