MARINE
LIFE NEWS
Reports
of marine wildlife from all around the British Isles, with pollution incidents
and conservation initiatives as they affect the flora and fauna of the
NE Atlantic Ocean
22
June 2015
A
young 3.5 metre long Sowerby's Beaked Whale,
Mesoplodon
bidens, stranded alive at the Port of
Ness,
Isle
of Lewis, Outer
Hebrides,
Scotland. The badly injured whale,
which died shortly after stranding, had a fractured jaw and this would
have prevented him from feeding, although otherwise he looked healthy.
Sowerby's
Beaked Whale is a rarely seen deep water species.
19
June 2015
A
Bluemouth
Rockfish,
Helicolenus
dactylopterus, was caught in a creel
off the Outer Hebrides,
western Scotland, whilst fishing for Nephrops
prawn (Scampi).
This is
a notable capture of a northern deep water small species of fish.
BMLSS
Bluemouth
16
June 2015
American
Lobster
Marine
Management Organisation
Image
A small
number of fishermen on the Sussex coast are reporting catches of non-native
American
Lobster,
Homarus
americanus, and Dungeness Crabs,
Metacarcinus
magister, in an area in the vicinity
of Brighton on the Sussex coast.
Captures
should be retained and it is illegal to return non-native species to the
sea. Report finds to to IFCA
or the MMO.
Dungeness
Crab
Photographs
by George Sutton
on
Fishing
News
facebook
This
crab was caught in nets off Brighton by George Sutton, who also caught
an American Lobster
on 19 June 2015.
BMLSS
Lobsters
BMLSS
Crabs
15
June 2015
A
Swordfish,
Xiphias
gladius, was
washed up dying on Severn
Beach at the mouth of the River Seven where the Bristol Channel narrows.
It was two metres in length, including the long bill.
BMLSS
Swordfish Reports
June
2015
Thousands
of jellyfish have been reported off the south-western
and western coasts off Britain, notable off Dorset and Wales. By far the
most noticeable have been the large Barrel
Jellyfish, Rhizostoma octopus
but also the huge stinging Lion's Mane
Jellyfish,
Cyanea capillata.
Barrel
Jellyfish washed up at Sandbanks,
Dorset
Photographs
by Lisa Harris
The
diameter of the bell in these jellyfish were up to 75 cm.
BMLSS
Jellyfish
5 June
2015
An
adult Humpback
Whale, Megaptera
novaengliae, perished after becoming
entangled in rope of the north-east coast of Scotland. A fisherman spotted
the whale near the village of Helmsdale,
but the rescue attempts were thwarted by stormy seas. On the plus side,
there have been higher than normal sightings
of Humpback Whales
around the coast off Britain including one report from the Irish Sea off
Liverpool.
Seawatch
Foundation Humpback Whale Sightings Reports
2 June
2015
A
huge Halibut,
Hippoglossus
hippoglossus, over two metres in length
was captured on rod and line and released off the Lofoten
Isles, Norway.
28
May 2015
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Humpback
Whale
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Risso's
Dolphin
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Report
& Photographs by Paul
Semmens
A Humpback
Whale, Megaptera
novaeangliae, was spotted between the Isles
of Scilly and Land's
End from the Scillonian
III. This rare whale is rarely seen in
British seas, occasionally spotted from ships and boats on the whale's
travels from deep water off Iceland to off Africa. A
Risso's
Dolphin, Grampus
griseus,
was seen breaching
off Mousehole, Cornwall.
A White-beaked
Dolphin, Lagenorhyncus albirostris,
was spotted swimming off the Needles,
Isle of Wight. This is the first report from this area of sea of this dolphin
although a pod has been reported from Lyme
Bay fifty miles to the west.
BMLSS
Cetacea
Whales
& Dolphins in British Seas
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All
reports by Andy Horton unless the credits are given
to
other observers or reporters.
Cornish
Marine Wildlife (Ray Dennis Records) 2009
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