The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group has published a report reviewing the sightings data collected by the group from 1991 to 2001. The report contains maps of sightings distributions and tables of seasonal trends in sightings for each species. The 30 page report also includes constant effort sightings results and discussion of the implications of
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A 38-foot female fin whale that washed up dead in Portland last week was hauled to Fort Stevens State Park on Monday, where scientists will study the 35-ton carcass. Full Story: http://www.spokesmanreview.com/news-story.asp?date=091102&ID=s1214006&ca
The deadly seal virus which has killed 700 animals so far is stretching Norfolk’s wildlife hospital to the limit. Full Story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2250583.stm
Scientists studying the movements of fish around the northeast Atlantic said yesterday they had made an amazing discovery, shattering for ever the 50-year-old myth that the giant Basking Shark hibernates.
Shark experts from round the world have converged on Cardiff for a special conference to develop ideas for eco-tourism Full Story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/2242164.stm
The experts would like Keiko to meet other killer whales, and are therefore considering moving the former movie star to another fjord on the north west coast of Norway.
Keiko, the killer whale whose title role in the film “Free Willy” inspired campaigners to battle successfully for his release, is to receive antibiotics, scientists monitoring the whale said Monday.
Thousands of species living on the Antarctic seabed will become extinct if computer models predicting warmer waters in the region in the coming century are correct.
In recent days, folowing the confirmation of Phocine Distemper in the seal colonies on the Norfolk Coast, the Scottish Executive has annouced two actions to help address the issue: Full Story: http://www.wdcs.org/dan/news.nsf/webnews/46D0CB1635DE9CC3