Some of the world’s last Pacific right whales will get special protections in the Bering Sea to boost the animals’ chances of avoiding extinction, the National Marine Fisheries Service said on Tuesday.
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The IWDG have received another report of dolphins from Dun Laoghaire pier in Scotsman’s Bay on Wed. 2nd Nov. 2005.
Greenpeace has lost another attempt to reverse a government ban on “pair trawling” off Devon and Cornwall. BBC
The light winds during the week finally produced flat calm waters off the Irish south coast, and with the big calm came some amazing whale watching.
The IWDG received a call from Liz Erangey at 11:00 am on Tues. 4th Oct. 2005 that she was attending to a live-stranded dolphin at Garryvoe Beach, East Cork; which had stranded earlier at 09:00.
Researchers have released the first ever video footage of spectacular cold-water, deep-ocean coral reefs, found off the coast of Ireland, in a bid to convince the Irish government that the ancient reefs need protection.
Have you had a significant encounter with a wild animal? Perhaps it affected your life in some way? Tony Hegarty is doing an M.Sc. thesis at Liverpool John Moore’s University and would appreciate your help. Tony lives in Galway (but can travel) and it would take no more than an hour of your time to
Recent communiqués with Dr. Don Cotton, Sligo IT, on his sighting of a group of 4 killer whales from Mullaghmore Hd, Co. Sligo, in Donegal Bay on 17th Sept., suggest that they may be the same pod photographed by Roly Wysner, Foyle Agency, off Kinnogue Bay, Inishowen on 7th July. Having reviewed Roly’s images, Don
Now in year 3 of the IWDG’s Large Whale Project we embarked on three days of field work between 14th -17th Sept. 2005, in West Cork. Alas, conditions were far from ideal for much of the period and work was hampered by a combination of weather and the near absence of whales in the study
On Sat 10th Sept, Dave Wall, IWDG, alerted local observers that he had observed what he was 90% confident was a fin whale feeding in the Blasket Sound. This sighting was made during an IWDG survey on the RV Celtic Explorer. Several whale watchers headed out to Slea Hd and have confirmed Dave’s observation, with