Up to four times more sharks than previously thought are being slaughtered to fill the increasing demand for shark fin soup, scientists said on Wednesday.
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European Union ministers agreed on Tuesday to cut cod quotas in the eastern Baltic Sea next year, ignoring scientists’ call for a fishing ban. Planet Ark<
Despite the frequently stormy weather that’s been a consistent feature along the Irish South coast this autumn; large whales are being observed, but only by the few.
The European Union condemned on Friday Iceland’s plan to resume commercial whale hunts, urging the country to reconsider the decision. Planet Ark
Pirates seeking Chilean sea bass and fishing vessels that vacuum up tiny shrimp-like creatures that are a staple for whales, seals and penguins are menacing Antarctic waters, environmentalists said Thursday.
Report 6: 10:45 20/10/06 News just in At 10:30 Am 20/10/06 we have just received a report from the Mayo Fire Service that 8-9 dolphins, likely to be among the original group of striped dolphins that stranded on Mon. 16th are currently live-stranding just south of the car park at Elly Bay on the Mullet Peninsula.
Europe’s fishermen should stop catching North Sea cod and Bay of Biscay anchovy next year if the two species are to stand a chance of survival after years of chronic overfishing, scientists said on Monday.
Iceland decided on Tuesday to resume commercial whale hunts for the first time in two decades, ignoring an international moratorium. Planet Ark
At c16:00, 11th Oct 2006, IWDG received a call from IWDG member, Janet Howley, of three dead stranded dolphins at Youghal, Co. Cork.
After the recent sperm whale stranding in Strandhill, the IWDG with support from the Heritage- In- Schools Scheme and Sligo County Council visited 14 schools. As a result of an extremely positive response to an initial Sperm whale fact sheet, sent out by Sligo County Council’s Environmental Awareness Officer, Sharon Eastwood, it was decided that