Irish Times picks up on IWDG concerns http://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/coveney-plays-down-dutch-supertrawler-s-presence-off-west-coast-1.1719586 4 March 2014 IWDG are concerned about ongoing fishing by some of the largest trawlers in the world in Irish waters. Reports that the world’s second largest super-trawler has arrived in Irish waters for the annual blue whiting campaign increases this concern. The MFV Margiris is 143m
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A new study confirms that bottlenose dolphins inhabiting offshore waters in Ireland are a separate population to those occurring inshore. The study just published in the journal Molecular Ecology by French researcher Marie Louis and collaborators analysed samples from 381 bottlenose dolphins either stranded or biopsy sampled from Scotland to the south of Portugal and
A new study confirms that bottlenose dolphins inhabiting offshore waters in Ireland are a separate population to those occurring inshore. The study just published in the journal Molecular Ecology by French researcher Marie Louis and collaborators analysed samples from 381 bottlenose dolphins either stranded or biopsy sampled from Scotland to the south of Portugal and
Check out the incredible images and diversity recorded this autum in the Porcupine seabight off southwest Ireland. Maren Reichelt and Mick Baines were working as MMO and PAM operators from July to September during a seismic survey of the Porcupine. Common and offshore bottlenose dolphins, pilot whales and fin and blue whales demonstrate the rich abundance
Check out the incredible images and diversity recorded this autum in the Porcupine seabight off southwest Ireland. Maren Reichelt and Mick Baines were working as MMO and PAM operators from July to September during a seismic survey of the Porcupine. Common and offshore bottlenose dolphins, pilot whales and fin and blue whales demonstrate the rich abundance
The IWDG are once again collaborating with the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) on the Cetaceans of the Frontier Cruise onboard the state research vessel RV Celtic Explorer. The aim of the cruise is to survey important shelf edge habitats for whales and dolphins. This will be the fifth Cetaceans on the Frontier Cruise dating
The IWDG are once again collaborating with the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) on the Cetaceans of the Frontier Cruise onboard the state research vessel RV Celtic Explorer. The aim of the cruise is to survey important shelf edge habitats for whales and dolphins. This will be the fifth Cetaceans on the Frontier Cruise dating
The IWDG opinion is that no pelagic fishing should occur within Special Areas of Conservation which have cetaceans as a qualifying interest. This refers to Roaringwater Bay and Islands SAC, Blasket Islands SAC and Lower River Shannon SAC. The first two sites are designated for harbour porpoise while the latter is designated for bottlenose dolphins.
The IWDG opinion is that no pelagic fishing should occur within Special Areas of Conservation which have cetaceans as a qualifying interest. This refers to Roaringwater Bay and Islands SAC, Blasket Islands SAC and Lower River Shannon SAC. The first two sites are designated for harbour porpoise while the latter is designated for bottlenose dolphins.
The IWDG opinion is that no pelagic fishing should occur within Special Areas of Conservation which have cetaceans as a qualifying interest. This refers to Roaringwater Bay and Islands SAC, Blasket Islands SAC and Lower River Shannon SAC. The first two sites are designated for harbour porpoise while the latter is designated for bottlenose dolphins.