An international whaling meeting kicked off yesterday in a gritty fishing port in southern Japan, with the hosts hoping to win backing in their controversial quest for a resumption of commercial whaling. Full Story: http://www.planetark.org/dailynews
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Yoshinori Shoji is a whaler, as his father and grandfather were before him, but his boat is now one of just a handful still working in Japan. Full Story: http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/15639/story.htm
The Minister for the Marine, Mr Fahey, has approved the Development Plan for the Corrib gas field. Mr Fahey also gave his approval for an underwater structure on the continental shelf and an undersea pipeline between the gas field and Pollatomish at
In a race against tide and time Lorna Siggins, Marine Correspondent The pilot whales which survived a beaching on the Co Kerry coastline recently should be miles out at sea by now, oblivious to the row they have left behind. Questions are now being asked about the rescue effort, which once again exposed the State’s
More than 20 pilot whales, including up to four young calves, were back at sea yesterday after they survived a dramatic beaching on the Kerry coastline. However, 18 whales died when they became stranded on Saturday morning at Aughacasla Strand near the Ma
Regarding the position of Austria at the future meetings of the parties to the International Convention on the Regulation of Whaling Full Story<
As more dolphin bodies are washed ashore, WDCS, the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society, has today revealed the latest evidence of the carnage to dolphins being caused in fishing nets in waters west of the British Isles. Irish research on a trial pelag
Throughout October, November and up to the end of December large baleen whales (mostly fin whales but including sei and humpback whales) were observed on almost 100% of watches under optimum environmental conditions from west Cork. This activity reached fever pitch in the week running up to Christmas, which produced humpback whales (including a mother
The Irish Government may consider challenging the EU law banning driftnet fishing for tuna from the end of this year.
A sixty foot whale washed ashore at Fahey Bay near Clifden in early September was identified as a Fin whale by a local marine biologist. Galway County Council six days later decided to burn the whale following complaints from people about the smell. The whale was dead when stranded and appeared to have died two