On foot of Tim Feen’s sighting of a fin whale blowing inshore from his Ardfield farm in West Cork on Sat. 24th August, Padraig Whooley & Simon Berrow joined Colin Barnes on Sunday 25th on his whale watching boat from Castletownshend to see if the whales could be photographed. We were to be in for
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The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group has called on Shell Ireland to call off plans to conduct test blasting in Broadhaven Bay.
Scientists at Seaworld believe a whale trapped in shark nets off the Gold Coast has died. Full Story
He flies a pirate flag but regards himself as an international maritime cop. Captain Paul Watson’s opponents call him a saboteur, a terrorist – and Watson doesn’t deny he has sunk a lot of ships.
Story: www.guardian.co.uk Conservationists are bracing themselves for the deaths of thousands of seals after their worst fears were confirmed in the form of a highly virulent virus. The discovery of phocine distemper virus in tissue samples taken from dead seals washed up on the Norfolk coast has signalled the return of the disease to British
Story: www.theadvertiser.news.com.au Armed with binoculars and patience, hundreds of people watched the antics of two playful whales off the metropolitan coast yesterday. From West Beach to Grange, cars lined the esplanade as workers on lunch breaks, school students and tourists enjoyed the water show several hundred metres offshore. Henley Jetty was the most popular vantage
Overfishing and global warming could prove a boon to one still largely mysterious creature that may already outnumber man – the squid. Full Story<
A coalition of conservation groups has filed suit in federal court against the National Marine Fisheries Service, charging the agency with failing to protect marine mammals from the effects of commercial fishing operations. The groups say the agency must
A fatal virus that has killed seals throughout northern Europe has returned to UK waters, wildlife experts say. Full Story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2193017.stm