The EU repeated a call on Friday for members to adopt a unified stance on whaling, saying images released by Australia of whales being killed in Antarctica showed the reality of Japanese hunting.
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During an effort watch from Ram Head, Ardmore today Andrew Malcolm sees at least one fin whale in West Waterford/East Cork.
President George W. Bush should not have exempted the Navy from obeying laws intended to protect endangered whales and other marine mammals by curbing the use of sonar off the California coast, a federal judge ruled on Monday.
The trial has begun of two men accused of disturbing a dolphin off the east Kent coast. BBC
Interested in learning more about whales and dolphins in Co. Cork’s inshore waters next Friday evening 15th Feb?
Japan’s Antarctic fleet has resumed whaling after anti-hunt activists suspended their pursuit of the vessels in the Southern Ocean to refuel. BBC
This year has been an exceptional one for the IWDG. The involvement of the IWDG in research and conservation of cetaceans in Ireland has increased massively and would have stretched the groups resources if it wasn’t for us being able to bring in new, experienced people to contribute to these projects. The joint IWDG/GMIT project
Japan’s Antarctic fleet has resumed whaling after anti-hunt activists suspended their pursuit of the vessels in the Southern Ocean to refuel. BBC
Hardline anti-whaling activists said on Thursday they would return to harass Japan’s whaling fleet for another three weeks after departing Antarctic waters to refuel in Australia unless they were blocked by police.
Environmental group Greenpeace said on Saturday its anti-whaling ship, which has been harassing Japanese whalers in the Southern Ocean, had saved an estimated 100 whales but was running low on fuel and would return to port.