In light of an alarming recent increase in mortality events, it is becoming clear that man-made noise, at different intensity levels, negatively affects cetacean populations in important ways.
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China supports international efforts to actively conserve and rationally exploit whales, but is reserving its decision on setting up whale sanctuaries until it receives more scientific data, a Chinese fisheries official said Wednesday.
Danish officials have lost sight of a whale that turned up in the Oeresund Strait dividing Denmark and Sweden at the weekend, and warned that it could wreak havoc to sailboats.
A porpoise found dead in May after Navy exercises near the San Juan Islands showed signs of internal bleeding that naval sonar could have caused, environmentalists reported yesterday.
The 12-metre-wide remains of a sea creature found by the Chilean navy are puzzling marine scientists, who think it may be a new species. Full Story
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said on Wednesday that Japan — one of the world’s biggest consumers of whale meat — should not leave the International Whaling Commission (IWC) and should keep seeking support inside the group for its bid to restart comm
The National Marine Fisheries Service is lining up equipment and experts for CT scans and other tests on about a dozen harbor porpoises found dead in May, when the Navy conducted sonar testing in area waters.
Marine scientists know that two-thirds of all right whales head to the Bay of Fundy each summer. But where the remaining one-third of the population migrates remains a mystery.
Fisherman Sean Tracey was working aboard the Connie M when the big sperm whale surfaced and settled in next to the boat. The 50-foot whale rested against the 42-foot fishing boat while three smaller whales picked black cod off the longline gear.
It has been 10 years since Maldives declared dolphin and whale as protect marine mammals. Under the fisheries law, the species were protected as they are important to the economy and ecosystem. There are 21 types of whales and dolphin in Maldives’ waters.