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Monday 11 December 2023 Dublin: 10°C

# strandings

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Tánaiste orders Department to assist with investigation into beaked whale deaths
Since the beginning of August, a minimum of 19 Cuvier’s beaked whales washed up dead on the Irish coast.
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Sep 15th 2018, 7:15 AM
Record number of dead beaked whales washed ashore in Ireland this month
During the same period at least 13 were found in Scotland and two in Iceland.
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Aug 28th 2018, 6:20 AM
Concern sonar may be causing strandings as seven more whale deaths reported
The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group believes that sonar has played a role in the recent strandings.
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Aug 9th 2018, 3:35 PM
Three beaked whales wash ashore in 'highly unusual' strandings
About 175 whale and dolphin strandings have been reported so far this year.
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Aug 8th 2018, 6:15 AM
Number of whales and dolphins washing up on Irish coasts at record levels
Dr Simon Berrow from the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group called the figures “unprecedented”.
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Feb 17th 2018, 11:00 AM
56 dolphins and whales have washed up on Irish beaches so far this year
This is the highest number at this stage of the year since records began.
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Feb 18th 2017, 12:00 PM
Foreign supertrawlers blamed for 'dolphin carnage' off Irish coast
Marine enthusiasts say rising numbers of dolphins appear to be drowning after getting caught in fishing nets off the northwest coast.
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Mar 4th 2016, 10:51 AM
Why are there mass strandings of sea lions in California?
One sea lion pup even turned up seven miles inland at a mobile phone shop.
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Apr 21st 2013, 5:00 PM