At lunchtime today a young white-beaked dolphin live stranded on Sallerna beach at Cleggan, Co Galway.

One-third of the world’s oceans should be declared protected areas to stop the wholesale slaughter of fish species, an influential group of scientists said. <

The Royal Navy defended its controversial new £160 million sonar system today, claiming it will greatly enhance the fleet’s ability to detect enemy submarines without injuring sea mammals.

Three whale and dolphin strandings have left more than 170 animals dead on the beaches of Australia and New Zealand in the past few days. The precise causes are unclear, but the beachings tally with predictions made by Tasmanian scientists in New Scientis

Scientists and wildlife officials continued to search on Tuesday for what may have caused a series of mass strandings which left 169 whales and dolphins dead on Australian and New Zealand beaches in the past three days.

On Sat. 27th Nov. Ian Enlander of EHS & IWDG, organised a local whale-watch and invited local IWDG members and anyone interested in doing a bit of sea-watching. The following report and images are by Mike Thompson of “Big Blue Squid”.

A West Cork whalewatching trip with Colin Barnes on 29th Nov. in calm conditions produced an impressive tally of: · C20 harbour porpoises · 40-50 common dolphins · 3+ minke whales · 3-4 humpback whales · 20+ fin whales You don’t have to go out on a boat to observe these whales, as they can

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EU fisheries ministers agreed quotas on Tuesday for new member states to catch deepwater fish, exotic but threatened species that are fast becoming an alternative to mainstays like cod and hake, officials said.

A pod of dolphins circled protectively round a group of New Zealand swimmers to fend off an attack by a great white shark, media reported on Tuesday. Full

A survey of the world’s oceans is turning up more than two new species of fish a week and revealing huge trans-ocean migration routes by creatures from turtles to tuna, scientists say.