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
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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.
26 December 2013 A steady stream of people went out to see the fin whale on Achill Island today. IWDG chair Willie Muehlhausen travelled up to take samples including skin, blubber, muscle and baleen as well as photographs. It is not possible to tell from photographs supplied by Tom Honeyman from Achill whether the whale was
26 December 2013 A steady stream of people went out to see the fin whale on Achill Island today. IWDG chair Willie Muehlhausen travelled up to take samples including skin, blubber, muscle and baleen as well as photographs. It is not possible to tell from photographs supplied by Tom Honeyman from Achill whether the whale was
IWDG member and author, Jenni Barrett, has published a new book. called "Look into the Eye" it is the story of two quite different people and their ambitions and problems during the "Celtic Tiger" years in Dublin. Thee story follows Melanie, an Arts Director and Richard a business journalist and is set against the backdrop of the
IWDG member and author, Jenni Barrett, has published a new book. called "Look into the Eye" it is the story of two quite different people and their ambitions and problems during the "Celtic Tiger" years in Dublin. Thee story follows Melanie, an Arts Director and Richard a business journalist and is set against the backdrop of the