Activists withdrew a threat to ram a Japanese whaling fleet in the frigid Southern Ocean on Tuesday, while in Tokyo pro-whaling nations met to push for a return to commercial fishing of the giant creatures.
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Japanese technology to track and monitor the behaviour of India’s endangered Ganges River Dolphins using underwater acoustics will play a vital role in efforts to conserve the freshwater mammals, the WWF-India said.
Whaleburgers are on the menu at Akiji Ichihara’s restaurant to lure young customers, who tend to turn up their noses at boiled blubber or sliced raw whale.
Ever wanted to get great views of Harbour Porpoise even without binoculars? For hour after hour after hour? Then make the trip to Blackhead, Co. Antrim.
Update II 9/02/07 IWDG observer Andrew Malcolm reports that a two hour effort watch off Ardmore, Co. Waterford on 9/02/07 has produced another three fin whales between Ram Head and Capel Island. These fin whales have now been seen regularly in this area for over a month, and several of these have been photo-identified by
A Japanese whaling ship joined in the search for two anti-whaling activists who went missing during a confrontation in icy seas off Antarctica. BBC
Japan is trying to prevent the deaths of critically endangered gray whales after one was found caught in a fishing net last month, a senior fisheries official said on Thursday.
An anti-whaling group searching Antarctic waters for a Japanese whaling fleet with the aim of disrupting its operations said both its vessels will soon be “pirate ships” following a decision by Britain to deregister one its vessels.
Britain set out on Wednesday to recruit more anti-whaling nations to join the International Whaling Commission and head off a drive by Japan to resume commercial hunting of cetaceans.
Availing of the continuing weather window, the IWDG headed out again on Mon 29th Jan joining a research project by BIM, and found common dolphins and fin whales a plenty. The aim of the fieldwork was to continue trials on acoustic deterrents known as pingers on common dolphins. They are being developed by Irish Sea