From the 3rd March to the 17th March 2007, there have been five separate stranding incidents reported to the IWDG in Co. Kerry. On the 3rd of March, a 2.41m pilot whale (Globicephala melas) was reported from Fahamore, in Brandon Bay. This was followed by a 2.35m bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) in Waterville on the
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Cambodia’s rare Mekong dolphin is making a tentative comeback from the edge of extinction after net fishing was banned in its main habitat, Cambodian and World Wildlife Fund officials said on Wednesday.
A young whale which had become stranded on a north Wales beach has been put down by a rescue team. BBC
A 21-year-old man has denied recklessly harassing dolphins by driving a jet ski at high speed in Moray waters. BBC
A group of 20-30 bottlenose dolphins were observed for hours close in to Loop Head.
Japan has abandoned whale hunting in the Antarctic for this season after its main whaling ship was crippled by a fire two weeks ago, the Fisheries Agency said on Wednesday.
The cetacean sighting and stranding schemes are the backbone of the IWDG and we have been co-ordinating both on an All-Ireland basis since 1991. It is important that all records in a database are validated thus ensuring the quality of the data. All stranding records submitted to the IWDG are validated and an annual list
A Japanese whaling ship, stranded for 10 days off the Antarctic coast after a fire, no longer posed a danger to wildlife but was staying in the frigid Southern Ocean, New Zealand rescue officials said on Monday.
Spain is advising ships passing through the Strait of Gibraltar, one of the world’s busiest maritime lanes, to slow down and look out for whales. Planet Ar
IWDG have been contacted by the Colum Lawlor of the Air Corp Maritime Squadron to report a pod of nine Sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus), on 23 Feb 2007 at 11:44. The location was 54˚ 30.15 N and 12˚ 30.48 W, c101 miles west of the Mullet Peninsula in our deep shelf waters off the north-west.