As humpback whales begin their annual return to Hawaiian waters, agencies charged with protecting them are reminding boaters to respect the big mammals. Full Story: http://starbulletin.com/2002/11/11/news/index9.html

A panel of European Union scientific experts has backed calls for a virtual shutdown of key fishing grounds. Full Story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2441113.stm

Low-frequency device was banned by US courts but is now being used by UK off Kyle of Lochalsh Full Story: http://www.sundayherald.com/29112

A rare whale has been discovered on a beach north of the Town of 1770 in central Queensland. Full Story

Countries in favor of conserving minke whales and Bryde’s whales won two votes at the meeting of Parties to the UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) today, turning down proposals by Japan to transfer these two species to a lo

Australia called on Japan to stop its “scientific whaling” as a five-vessel Japanese whaling fleet prepared to leave for a foray in waters south of Australia. <

A proposed ban on the trade of Black Sea bottlenose dolphins, which are sought after by the aquarium industry worldwide, was rejected at a U.N. meeting on endangered species, organizers said. Full Story: http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/n

Japan faces an uphill struggle last week to try to convince a U.N. conference in Chile to loosen a ban on international whale meat trade, 16 years after commercial whaling was forbidden. Full Story: http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid

The world’s biggest type of fish is a shark twice as long as a bus which cruises the ocean surface with its huge mouth open in search of prey. Full Story: http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/18516/story.htm