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Posts Categorized: News
Fin whale Update III: 22/12/07 At least two fin whales observed by Andrew Malcolm on Sat 22nd Dec during an effort watch off Ram Head, Ardmore, Co. Waterford. Whales were well east of Ram Head. So the Waterford area is still likely to be your best opportunity to observe large whales over the Christmas holiday
The EU’s executive adopted proposals on Thursday to help the 27-nation bloc speak with one voice on the whaling issue. Planet Ark
EU countries struck a deal for 2008 catch quotas on Wednesday, watering down the European fisheries chief’s proposals for the preservation of species whose stocks are floundering at precariously low levels.
Japan has apparently agreed not to kill humpback whales during its current Antarctic hunt, the US ambassador to Tokyo said on Wednesday. Planet Ark
EU countries struck a deal for 2008 catch quotas on Wednesday, watering down the European fisheries chief’s proposals for the preservation of species whose stocks are floundering at precariously low levels.
Remains found in the Kashmir region of India suggest a fox-sized mammal is the long-sought land-based ancestor of whales, dolphins and porpoises. BBC
The European Commission has proposed that a “European Maritime Day” be celebrated annually throughout the European Union on 20 May. This initiative is linked to the new Integrated Maritime Policy for the EU, proposed by the Commission in October […] The aim of European Maritime Day will be to highlight the whole web of relationships
Parts of Cardigan Bay may be off limits for oil and gas exploration because of a school of bottlenose dolphins, according to the UK Government. BBC
DEFRA Video: The film shows minke whales being hunted by Japanese whalers in the Southern Ocean. One whale is shot at six times and hit through the tail with a harpoon with an explosive grenade head. (warning video contains distressing footage).