Japan’s Antarctic whaling catch fell far short of its target this season, hampered by a series of skirmishes with anti-whaling protesters, the Fisheries Agency said on Monday.
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Japan says it is “regrettable” that its whaling fleet had killed little more than half its intended catch during this year’s hunt, due to harassment by activists.
Australia said it remained determined to end Japanese whaling in the southern Ocean on Tuesday as the whaling fleet returned to port in Tokyo after harpooning barely half its planned haul.
Australia said it remained determined to end Japanese whaling in the southern Ocean on Tuesday as the whaling fleet returned to port in Tokyo after harpooning barely half its planned haul.
Attacks by killer whales may be helping to drive the sudden and mysterious decline of seals around the northern coasts of Scotland, new research suggests.
Britain agreed to bankroll controversial drilling for oil and gas, despite a warning from its own officials of the “potentially devastating effects” on a critically endangered species of whale.
A SICK humpback whale trapped in a private harbour north of Perth has died. News.co.au
Britain agreed to bankroll controversial drilling for oil and gas, despite a warning from its own officials of the “potentially devastating effects” on a critically endangered species of whale.
The European Commission has today published a Communication on the role of fisheries management in implementing an ecosystem approach to marine management.
IWDG have received a sequence of images of a killer whale pod traveling west off the Mizen on Sat 5th April at 14:30. The sighting was made by Michelle Curran and Liam O’ Shea who observed and photographed the group which comprised at least 3, possibly 4 individuals travelling westwards within a few hundred meters