The IWDG welcomes recent measures implemented by the Petroleum Affairs Division of the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources and the National Parks and Wildlife Service to protect deep diving cetaceans from the potential effects of seismic survey noise. The Environmental Management Plan for the 2D Seismic Survey of the Irish EEZ being conducted
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The IWDG welcomes recent measures implemented by the Petroleum Affairs Division of the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources and the National Parks and Wildlife Service to protect deep diving cetaceans from the potential effects of seismic survey noise. The Environmental Management Plan for the 2D Seismic Survey of the Irish EEZ being conducted
This summer the IWDG have been carrying out a survey of Tralee and Brandon Bays in North Kerry to investigate the use of the area by bottlenose dolphins and assess the potential for marine wildlife tourism. Since May Drs Simon Berrow and Joanne O'Brien have working with the local community in Fenit and North Kerry
IWDG are delighted to confirm the first addition to the Irish Humpback whale catalogue of the 2013/14 large whale season and introduce HBIRL23, who was observed by Nick Massett on both 27th & 28th July off Clogher and Sybil Heads, West Kerry. Fluke and dorsal shots have been run through the IWDG catalogue and we can
IWDG are delighted to confirm the first addition to the Irish Humpback whale catalogue of the 2013/14 large whale season and introduce HBIRL23, who was observed by Nick Massett on both 27th & 28th July off Clogher and Sybil Heads, West Kerry. Fluke and dorsal shots have been run through the IWDG catalogue and we can
Celtic Mist departed Dun Laoghaire last Thursday morning 18th of July as part of The Gathering Cruise 2013, with seven excited IWDG crew members on board! Shortly after leaving Dun Laoghaire, we were flagged down by a fishing trawler who insisted on throwing some lobster onboard! The sea was glass like and the sun was
Celtic Mist departed Dun Laoghaire last Thursday morning 18th of July as part of The Gathering Cruise 2013, with seven excited IWDG crew members on board! Shortly after leaving Dun Laoghaire, we were flagged down by a fishing trawler who insisted on throwing some lobster onboard! The sea was glass like and the sun was
IWDG members West Cork Sailing have kindly offered discount Sail training to all members for a limited time only! Cruising training and charter are onboard Jessy of Adrigole, 37 foot Jeanneau Sun Odyssey, that has been modified to take sail trainees. You will be cruising by day to harbours and bays within Bantry Bay and
IWDG members West Cork Sailing have kindly offered discount Sail training to all members for a limited time only! Cruising training and charter are onboard Jessy of Adrigole, 37 foot Jeanneau Sun Odyssey, that has been modified to take sail trainees. You will be cruising by day to harbours and bays within Bantry Bay and
The IWDG has just published an Atlas of the Distribution of Cetaceans in Irelands Offshore Waters. The Atlas is a culmination of six years of survey effort involving 1078 days at sea and over 5000 hours of survey effort. The Atlas contains the most comprehensive and up-to-date maps of the distribution and abundance of cetaceans