Report 7: 15/09/2006 This afternoon the Irish Lights vessel MV Graineuaile successfully towed the stranded sperm whale off the sand bank. They aim to tow the carcass offshore and sink it. Attempts were made by Sligo County Council Heritage and Environmental Awareness Officer to secure the lower jaw or skull for the new Sligo Museum
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Iceland is resuming whale meat exports after a gap of more than 15 years with sales to the Faroe Islands despite objections from environmentalists that the shipments undermine a global trade ban.
A young female bottlenose dolphin was live stranded on 8 September after local people watched her breaching and chasing fish for six hours the previous evening. The dolphin was observed following fish into bay and breaching from 15.00-21.00 by Nick Scott and Micheline Sheey-Skeffington on the 7 September. They were distressed to find the dolphin
The whale which lost its way and became stranded in the river Thames in January, was suffering from arthritis, scientists examining its remains said. BBC
The carcasses of two whales that died on the Lincolnshire coast have been removed from the beach near Skegness. BBC
Lax European Union policies play a leading role in depleting shark numbers not just in European waters but around the world, a report said on Wednesday. Pl
Most likely to be fin whales, they have been observed blowing from Galley Head, Co. Cork and Slea Head, Co. Kerry on 23rd and 24th August. Updates on the Kerry activity below.
South American “Red Devil” squid found off Alaska and jellyfish plaguing the Mediterranean may point to vast disruptions in the seas linked to global warming, pollution or over-fishing, experts say.
IWDG received a report today, 21 Aug, about a common dolphin which live-stranded at Sandycove, near Kinsale, Co. Cork
Norwegian whalers harpooned only half their quota of 1,052 minke whales in 2006, prompting hunt opponents to say that Norwegian demand for eating the meat had sunk.