the IWDG have recently signed a letter to the Icelandic government requesting an immediate ceasation of commercial whaling on fin whales follwing the reported capture of a rare blue x fin whale hybrid. This capture is outside their license and blue whales are fully protected, as they are still severly depleted after years of over-expliotation. A blue
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IWDG in collaboration with the National Biodiversity Data Centre are hosting a one day course at the IWDG headquarters in Kilrush, Co Clare. This workshop will help participants identify and record both whales, dolphins and porpoise sighted or stranded in Ireland and will help attendees develop their field skills. Based in the Shannon Dolphin Centre
The final leg of Ireland to Iceland 2018, IWDG Humpback whale Expedition to Iceland has just been completed. Six weeks after leaving Dublin, Celtic Mist arrived in Eskifjorŏur from Húsavik, the final destination in East Fjords. Read about it on https://iwdg.ie/iceland2018/post.php?id=12 So the survey of Iceland is over, now it’s the long passage back to Ireland via the
Tuesday 19th June: With a fresh crew on board, which included our new skipper Mick O' Meara and some old IWDG heads like Conal O' Flanagan and Joanne O' Brien, we finally had a weather window to round the imposing North West peninsula of Hornstrandir. This was a hard overnight passage during which we had to
Consultation Paper on Minister’s Review of Trawling Activity Inside the 6 Nautical Mile Zone Submission from the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group Submission by the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group The Irish Whale and Dolphin group (IWDG) welcome the opportunity to comment on the review of trawling activity inside the 6nml zone. We also
Read about our second survey week "West Fjords weather not doing us many favours" at http://www.iwdg.ie/iceland2018/post.php?id=9 First photographs of humpback whales in Hesteyrarfjordur during Ireland to Iceland 2018 expedition. with the remains of a whaling museum on the shore. Photos: Padraig Whooley IWDG Director, Frances Bermingham and IWDG member Ronan Berrow also captured this footage of
Abundant marine wildlife, from whales to storm petrels, is just an hour from the Wild Atlantic Way. Read Paddy Woodworth's trip out on the Holly Jo with IWDG Sightings Officer, Padraig Whooley https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/travel/ireland/whale-watching-in-ireland-the-first-humpback-was-a-giant-1.3528911
Ireland to Iceland: Week 1 The first week on the IWDG humpback whale expedition to Iceland was very successful. After a great reception in Reykjavik with the Icelandic Choir Selkorinn welcoming Celtic Mist to Iceland, we headed out into Faxafloi Bay for the short journey to Akranes. Minke whales, white-beaked dolphins and a distant humpback
The IWDG's Celtic Mist set sail from Dublin on Friday, 25th May to embark on a historic expedition to Iceland. You can catch up with what the crew are doing, the sightings of the expedition and the outreach work we'll be doing in Iceland on our vlogs and blogs page http://www.iwdg.ie/iceland2018/post.php?id=2 You can also find out more
Celtic Mist, formerly owned by Charles J. Haughey and now a research vessel owned by the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group, sets sail today to Iceland. Leaving Poolbeg Yacht Club in Dublin first thing this morning to catch the ebbing tide, skipper Liam Quinn, from Wicklow says “we are excited and slightly apprehensive, it’s a long journey, but