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In the global rush for resources, a tiny pink crustacean living in the seas around Antarctica is testing man’s ability to manage one of the world’s last great fisheries without damaging the environment.

Once hunted to the brink of extinction, humpback whales have made a dramatic comeback in the North Pacific Ocean over the past four decades, a new study says.

A new study shows the number of humpback whales in the Northern Pacific has grown dramatically to more than 18,000, a finding likely to spark new debate about the whales’ status as an endangered species, according to Hawai’i whale experts.

A Japanese public prosecutor announced on 19 May that it was launching an investigation into allegations that workers on whaling ships are embezzling whale meat and selling it to restaurant owners.

A new study shows the number of humpback whales in the Northern Pacific has grown dramatically to more than 18,000, a finding likely to spark new debate about the whales’ status as an endangered species, according to Hawai’i whale experts.

Once hunted to the brink of extinction, humpback whales have made a dramatic comeback in the North Pacific Ocean over the past four decades, a new study says.

We received 24 sightings over the weekend period of 6 species from 6 counties, breaking down as follows: Kerry (8), Cork (7), Donegal (5) and one each for Sligo, Galway and Waterford. The run of basking shark records continued and they were the most frequently reported species during this period. They represented 39.1% of all

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