Have there been any recent sightings at an effort watch site near you ? The IWDG database now contains a total of 1754 watches carried out from 93 sites distributed throughout the island of Ireland. The total number of hours watched now exceeds 2689. Watch sites are presented both as a map and a table
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This morning the Greenpeace ship the Arctic Sunrise was deliberately rammed and damaged by the Nisshin Maru, the factory ship of the Japanese whaling fleet.
Protected ocean areas are needed to save deep-sea fish which have been driven to near extinction by commercial fishing, scientists said on Wednesday. Plane
Just a short note to alert whale watchers to some potentially excellent whale activity off the Waterford/Wexford coast at present. An effort watch on 3rd Jan by IWDG members from Ram Head, Ardmore, Co. Waterford produced c100 common dolphins, harbour porpoises and up to 3 fin whales to the West towards the Knockadoon Head, Youghal
Dozens of stranded pilot whales have been shot dead in New Zealand to end their suffering when it was ruled too difficult to get them back in the sea. BBC
The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group (IWDG) was established in December 1990 and is an All-Ireland group dedicated to the conservation and better understanding of cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) in Irish waters through study, education and interpretation In December 1999, the IWDG was granted charitable status (CHY 11163) by the Revenue Commission and became
Australia should send a navy ship to monitor a Japanese whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean, Australia’s minority Greens party said on Friday, as the Japanese ships kept trying to fend off Greenpeace protesters.
A Japanese whaling fleet has started whaling again after spending more than 40 hours trying to escape Greenpeace protesters in remote icy waters near Antarctica, the environmental group said.
A Japanese whaling fleet and Greenpeace environmental activists are involved in a stand-off in the remote Southern Ocean near the coast of Antarctica with the two sides accusing each other of ramming their vessels.
EU ministers struck a deal early on Thursday over maximum 2006 catches, restricting the days trawlers can spend at sea to try to prevent species like cod from collapsing following years of overfishing.