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A fin whale surfacing off the West Cork coast. A sight that's becoming increasingly rare in the absence of Sprat.

IWDG outlines the current position relating to Sprat

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In this excerpt from the July edition of the Blubber Bulletin, the Irish Whale & Dolphin Group’s monthly email news roundup (republished here with permission), IWDG Sightings Officer and Save Our Sprat West Cork member Pàdraig Whooley succinctly sums up the current position in the wake of the Irish Government’s recent measures to curb industrial trawling in our inshore waters.