Ever wanted to get great views of Harbour Porpoise even without binoculars? For hour after hour after hour? Then make the trip to Blackhead, Co. Antrim.
Posts Categorized: News
Update II 9/02/07 IWDG observer Andrew Malcolm reports that a two hour effort watch off Ardmore, Co. Waterford on 9/02/07 has produced another three fin whales between Ram Head and Capel Island. These fin whales have now been seen regularly in this area for over a month, and several of these have been photo-identified by
A Japanese whaling ship joined in the search for two anti-whaling activists who went missing during a confrontation in icy seas off Antarctica. BBC
Japan is trying to prevent the deaths of critically endangered gray whales after one was found caught in a fishing net last month, a senior fisheries official said on Thursday.
An anti-whaling group searching Antarctic waters for a Japanese whaling fleet with the aim of disrupting its operations said both its vessels will soon be “pirate ships” following a decision by Britain to deregister one its vessels.
Britain set out on Wednesday to recruit more anti-whaling nations to join the International Whaling Commission and head off a drive by Japan to resume commercial hunting of cetaceans.
Availing of the continuing weather window, the IWDG headed out again on Mon 29th Jan joining a research project by BIM, and found common dolphins and fin whales a plenty. The aim of the fieldwork was to continue trials on acoustic deterrents known as pingers on common dolphins. They are being developed by Irish Sea
A pod of killer whales has been spotted in the Firth of Forth, killing and eating seals. BBC
An anti-whaling group patrolling the Ross Sea off Antarctica has offered a US$25,000 reward to any person or group that can provide coordinates of the Japanese whaling fleet operating in the area.
EU countries are not doing enough to save Europe’s deep-water fish, exotic but threatened species that are fast becoming an alternative to overcaught mainstays such as cod and hake, the EU executive said on Monday.