The IWDG have been successful in winning the subsequent dolphin and porpoise post-mortem tender contracted by the Marine Institute and the National Parks and Wildlife Service. We would like to thank all members of the IWDG Strandings Network who submitted their strandings, making the previous tender a success and allowing us to continue this important work.
We would like to invite members to attend an IWDG Strandings Network Workshop on Sat, 12th May 2018, which will be held at the IWDG offices at Merchant's Quay, Kilrush, Co. Clare.
The schedule for the day will be as follows:
10.00 Welcome tea and biscuits
10.15 Review 2017 stranding records and trends – Mick O'Connell, IWDG Strandings Officer
10.45 Discussion on the current necropsy project (unfortunately, we will be unable to discuss any results at this time) – Stephanie Levesque, Necropsy Project Co-ordinator
11.15 Feedback and equipment requests from Stranding Network
11.45 Break tea and biscuits
12.00 – 15.00 Post-mortem demonstration of a Common Dolphin – Simon Berrow, IWDG Chief Science Officer and Mags Daly, Necropsy Project Assistant
This is a free event, however, due to limited space booking will be required. If you wish to attend, please contact Stephanie Levesque at stephanie.levesque@iwdg.ie by Wednesday the 9th of May.
We hope to see you there.