The European Union condemned on Friday Iceland’s plan to resume commercial whale hunts, urging the country to reconsider the decision. Planet Ark
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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
A leatherback turtle wasfound washed up at Ballyteigue National Nature Reserve, Co Wexford this afternoon
The IWDG has called on the Irish government to sign and ratify the ASCOBANS agreement.
The United Nations needs to stop the destruction of deep sea ecosystems by banning fishermen from trawling nets on the ocean floor, Australia, New Zealand and Palau, joined by actress Sigourney Weaver, said on Tuesday.