On 21st June Nick Channon,Faith Wilson, Dave Wall, Suzanne Byrnes and Fiona Leap carried the IWDG Ferry Surveys June survey from the bridge of the MV Ulysses and MV European Diplomat, on Irish Ferries’ Dublin-Holyhead route and P&O’s Dublin-Cherbourg route. Expectations were high as the calm seas, light winds and good light offered superb environmental
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The International Whaling Commission, now holding its 55th general assembly in Berlin, chose Ulsan to host its 57th in a unanimous vote by its 49 member countries. Ulsan will be the first Korean city to host the annual meeting.
As the International Whaling Commission nears the end of its annual meeting here, almost a third of its members are considering establishing a rival organisation. Full Story
Greenpeace activists stretchered three dead porpoises to the site of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) yesterday, disrupting the meeting to highlight the threats marine mammals face.
Whale watchers say their industry, now worth over $1.5 billion per year, has come of age, and want recognition at the International Whaling Commission (IWC) – to the consternation of whaling nations.
The annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission drew to a close yesterday having agreed steps ecologists say will make the seas safer for the threatened giants, to the disgust of whaling nations.
The annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission wound up today with the 51 member organization more deeply divided than ever. Full Story
The numbers and movements of an obscure sub-species of blue whale are intriguing conservationists. Full Story
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe confirmed Thursday that Japan will continue whaling in the Antarctic despite an International Whaling Commission (IWC) resolution calling for a ban on its “research whaling” program.
Anti-whaling nations blocked Japanese requests Wednesday to resume commercial whaling, calling for more research into stocks before any easing of a 17-year international ban.