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The European Union has no real idea of how many fish its national fleets catch each year and is failing to clamp down hard on vessels that exceed national quotas, the EU financial watchdog said on Tuesday.

Report 13: 4/12/07 Neil Deasy reports a sighting from the east side of the Old Head of Kinsale, Co. Cork, of what are likely to be upwards of 6 fin whales between 09:00-14:00 yesterday 3rd Dec. This is indeed an important record, as it is our first evidence this year that the fin whales have

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Report 13: 4/12/07 Neil Deasy reports a sighting from the east side of the Old Head of Kinsale, Co. Cork, of what are likely to be upwards of 6 fin whales between 09:00-14:00 yesterday 3rd Dec. This is indeed an important record, as it is our first evidence this year that the fin whales have

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Wildlife experts have expressed fears that a friendly bottlenose dolphin that has been swimming off the Kent coast for the past year may have died. BBC

As the Japanese government embark on a new programme of “scientific” whaling the IWDG condemns this “research” programme as unacceptable and calls for it to be suspended immediately. Cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoise) are mobile species and are not under the sole ownership or responsibility of any single state. These species do not respect national

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As the Japanese government embark on a new programme of “scientific” whaling the IWDG condemns this “research” programme as unacceptable and calls for it to be suspended immediately. Cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoise) are mobile species and are not under the sole ownership or responsibility of any single state. These species do not respect national

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