One of IWDG Consulting’s surveyors, Darren Craig, is currently onboard the R.V. Celtic Explorer during the mackerel egg survey along with William Hunt of UCC – MaREI (Centre for Marine & Renewable Energy, Ireland). They are recording any sightings of marine megafauna encountered throughout the survey, including cetaceans (whales & dolphins), seals, turtles, sharks and other large fish […]
ObSERVE-Acoustic
IWDG Consulting are partners of the ObSERVE project. The goal of the project is to “provide robust scientific knowledge with respect to protected species occurrence and ecology along the Irish Atlantic Margin”. The project is divided into two complimentary contracts: ObSERVE-Acoustic (https://www.observe-acoustic.ie/) will carry out acoustic monitoring along the shelf edge while ObSERVE-Aerial will carry […]
Busy winter period for IWDG Consulting
IWDG Consulting has just finished implementing MMO requirements at Dingle Harbour was completed last week with demolition of an old slip and dredging of the inner harbour completed ahead of schedule. The client was the DAFF through BAM Engineering and took 3 months including 12 hour days running up to Christmas. This follows recent completion of […]
Cuvier’s Beaked Whale washed up in Doonbeg, Co Clare
One of the last strandings of 2015 proved to be one of the more interesting. A whale reported by a number of locals in west Clare turned out to be a juvenile Cuvier’s beaked whale. The whale measured 3.7m and was a female. Cuvier’s grow up to 5-7m in length with no differences between males […]
IWDG Consulting launch
The IWDG have been successfully tendering for consultancy contracts since 2007. We feel we have the expertise and people to provide a good service and all the profit from this consultancy provides essential funds to the IWDG such as the sightings and strandings schemes. The IWDG believe in collaborating with companies, government departments and agencies as well as […]