Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The IDWG lists the importance of engaging with external groups and promoting responsible whale watching in its mission statement. [2] To this aim, it has released a document outline guidelines to be followed by groups who may come in contact with live cetaceans, such as fishermen, whale-watching groups and research vessels, in order to better safeguard the wellbeing of the creatures.
In 1990, the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group was founded as a conservation charity, and carries out monitoring of whale sightings and strandings, as well as promoting the conservation of cetaceans in Irish waters. They were also monumental in achieving sanctuary status for Irish territorial waters. [2]
In the almost 35 years since the Irish Whale & Dolphin Group was established, in 1990, according to Whooley, “we have never once confirmed a single sighting or stranding of this leviathan ...
Humpback whale diving Harbour porpoise Risso's dolphin Bull killer whale The order Cetacea includes whales , dolphins , and porpoises . They are the mammals most fully adapted to aquatic life with a spindle-shaped nearly hairless body, protected by a thick layer of blubber, and forelimbs and tail modified to provide propulsion underwater.
Researchers found an increase in common dolphin sightings in the English Channel and Hebrides, and a decline in white-beaked dolphins in the Hebrides. Human impact on ocean increasing pressure on ...
In 2013, the executive officer of the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group published an essay on the group's website asking, "Are we Experiencing an Unusual Mortality Event (UME) in Ireland?" The concerns centered around increased strandings of various species of dolphins, paralleling a declared UME relating to bottlenose dolphins in the U.S. at the time.
Irish Whale and Dolphin Group; Irish Wildlife Trust; T. Tramore Eco Group This page was last edited on 8 February 2020, at 19:40 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
It was an orca-versus-dolphin matchup, and the dolphin didn’t stand a chance. In coastal waters near Chile in 2023, a massive female killer whale walloped the much smaller dolphin, sending it ...