Shell Ireland E&P Ltd, and its partners Statoil Exploration and Marathon International Petroleum Hibernia’s proposed Corrib gas terminal was granted permission for construction by An Bord Pleanála in late October.
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On Wednesday the 27 around six in the evening a common dolphin was found on washed asore on the beach at Allihies, Co. Cork. The night was very stormy and the dolphin was still alive and trashing about.
The world’s whales, porpoises and dolphins have no standing to sue President Bush over the U.S. Navy’s use of sonar equipment that harms marine mammals, a federal appeals court ruled yesterday.
IWDG received an interesting account of an attack by two killer whales on a group of blue fin tuna about 7 miles north of Fanad Head, Loughswilly, Co. Donegal, on 20th Oct 2004. The attack, reported by Adrain Molloy of Tuna charters was observed by all on board. The remains of the giant tuna were
The IWDG received a report from Eoin McGreal, Conservation Ranger, of a walrus seen off Dooghbeg, Mulranny, Clew Bay, Co. Mayo on 5th Oct 2004. It was described by at least six surfers who saw it as a tan-coloured, cow-sized animal. They saw it clearly in the water before it clambered out of the water
You will definitely need a telescope as they have been consistently 10-15 miles offshore, which is outside binocular range. Don’t wait as there is no guarantee the current calm weather will last too much longer. This morning’s watch 18th Oct 2004, off Galley Head produced a tally of eleven cetacean encounters, breaking down as follows.
A light to moderate northerly airflow and calm seas provided some awesome whale watching on Sat 16th Oct. with several sightings from Ardfield and Galley Head of 8-9 fin whales, while BIM surveyors observed 4-6 fin whales between the Bill Rocks and Clare
Whalewatching is now expanding throughout Ireland and is set to become a million euro industry in Ireland. In order to ensure the responsible development of this industry the IWDG have launched a policy document outlining the necessary frameworks to ensu
The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group organized an international conference in Rosscarbery, County Cork from 24-26 September, 2004. The theme of the conference was to put the recent discovery of the presence of fin and humpback whales off the south coast of Ireland into an international perspective. International experts from North America and Europe were
It wasn’t until the U.S. cruise ship had pulled into port in Atlantic Canada that those on board made a gruesome discovery – the body of a large whale was impaled on the vessel’s bow.