The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group (IWDG) have been working in collaboration with the Regional Veterinary Laboratories of the Department of Agriculture (RVL) and the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) to carry out a cetacean post-mortem scheme on behalf of the Marine Institute and the National Parks and Wildlife Service. Utilising the IWDG’s well established […]
IWDG deploy AMAR and CPODs off Dublin Port
IWDG in collaboration with Dublin Port staff deployed four moorings with CPODs attached and an AMAR last week as part of the marine mammal acoustic monitoring programme associated with the Alexandra Basin Re-developement. CPODs are click detectors, logging the echolocation clicks of porpoise and dolphins while the AMAR, supplied by JASCO Applied Sciences in Canada, […]
IWDG Consultants complete Dublin Port Maintenance dredging project
IWDG Consultants were onsite to implement the mitigation plan for the maintenance dredging campaign. For the duration of the project (6 weeks), two of our consultants were based on-board the source vessel as well as another being land based and implemented the NPWS “Guidance to Manage the Risk to Marine Mammals from Man Made Sound Sources in Irish […]
IWDG Consulting complete Aughinish Alumina dredging project
IWDG Consulting provided an experienced Marine Mammal Observer during dredging operations in the Shannon Estuary. The estuary is home to the only resident population of resident Bottlenose dolphins in Ireland and is a designated Special Area of Conservation (SAC). As such it is essential that the effects of any proposed works be mitigated against. Our consultant was onsite […]
IWDG Consulting complete the first of 6 harbour porpoise surveys in Dublin Bay SAC
IWDG Consulting were awarded the contract to carry out 6 visual harbour porpoise surveys in the Dublin Bay SAC this Summer. Densities of harbour porpoise in Dublin Bay are among the highest in the country to date. Single platform line transect surveys will be carried out in order to derive local density and abundance and […]