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The whistles of pods in Cardigan Bay have a regional signature and are at a higher frequency than others across the globe, according to experts on the BBC series Wonders of the Celtic Deep.

WATCH: Spectacular footage captures basking sharks off Clare July 14 is Shark Awareness Day! Did you know basking sharks are commonly found in Irish waters in spring? Jul 14, 2021 The footage was captured in August, about three months after basking sharks are usually spotted in Irish waters. Irish Whale and Dolphin Group Vimeo Facebook Addthis An Irish shark group captured rare and spectacular drone footage of basking sharks engaged in possible courtship behavior off the coast of Clare back i...

Kevin Corbett spoke with members of the Burren Sub Aqua Club about their fantastic experience with Clare’s famous dolphin Dusty on a dive off Miltown. See our video below TEN days on from their magical underwater encounter with one of Clare’s most famous marine residents, Jennifer and Jessica Smith are understandably still buzzing. The sisters, from Sixmilebridge, found themselves on RTE news last week after their interaction with Dusty the Dolphin was filmed while on a dive off Miltown Ma...

Endangered fish thrown away and dead whales on our shores: Fishings ocean impact Noteworthy reveals over 30 tonnes of threatened fish were discarded in one year, including the endangered basking shark and critically endangered skates. By Maria Delaney Tuesday 6 Apr 2021, 8:30 PM 2 hours ago 9,500 Views 12 Comments VIDEOS OF THE iconic basking ...

Another Life: Undersea noise caused by humans a major threat to whales and dolphins Michael Viney: Celtic Mist, donated by the Haughey family, now serving as a research vessel for conservation body Sat, Apr 3, 2021, 06:00   He would have met dolphins aplenty, arching ahead of his yacht beyond Dingle Bay. The sight of a whale was perhaps more rare: a distant spout or occasional, glistening fin. Today, Charles Haughey’s feeling for nature – unique in past Irish governments – can claim an ...

10th March 2021 VIRTUAL VOYAGER: An online view taken from RV Celtic Voyagers wheelhouse with below marine biology students ashore! taking in the live-streaming from tutors while in Dublin Bay. Credit: Marine Institute-retweeted RV Celtic Voyager of the Marine Institute, Irelands national agency for marine research, development and innovation, has been working in south Dublin Bay this week, writes Jehan Ashmore. The 31.4m ship to be replaced next year by a Spanish newbuild, to be named the ...

Updated / Thursday, 29 Oct 2020 15:00 The dolphins we thought were missing, presumed dead were actually missing, moved Good news: Fungie may well have moved from Dingle up the coast to Tralee. This possibility has been raised by Dr Simon Berrow from the Marine and Freshwater Research Centre at the Galway Mayo Institute of Technology. Berrow spoke to Bryan Dobson on RTÉ Radio 1s News At One about how dolphins who were thought to have died, like the most famous one in Ireland, were later d...

The marine renewable energy industry in Ireland is set for explosive growth in the coming years with a production target of 5GW of offshore wind energy by 2030 and an ambition of 30GW by 2050. The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group (IWDG) supports the decarbonizing of the Irish economy, but offshore developments should be carried out within the framework of both national and international best practice and should have only minimal and not significant impacts on whales, dolphins and porpoises and the...

High Numbers of Sperm Whales Counted off Irish West Coast in New Study 10th December 2020 Sperm whale at surface Credit: Simon Berrow Up to 380 sperm whales are living in deep waters off the Irish coast, a newly published study has found.  This makes sperm whales “one of the most abundant great whale species” in these waters, expert Dr Simon Berrow says.  Sperm whales are known for their distinctive echolocation “clicks” which can be heard over many tens of kilometres, and this allo...

Sperm whales photographed by the Irish Aer Corps An estimated population of 380 sperm whales has been discovered in waters deeper than 300m off Ireland’s western shores. Sperm whales are one of the most abundant great whale species in the deep waters of offshore Ireland, according to a new study by the Scotland-based Sea Mammal Research Unit Consulting (SMRU Consulting) and Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT). The study, published recently in the Journal of Cetacean Research and Manage...