The Inuit, an indigenous people of the Arctic, will stick to a traditional diet including whale blubber despite mounting pollution from industrial toxins and worries about global warming. Full Story: http://abcnews.go.com/wire/SciTech/reuters20021010
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The European Commission has unveiled the outline of a wide ranging European Union marine environment protection strategy in a communication addressed to governments and the European Parliament. It promised for 2004 a full “thematic strategy,” as demanded
Preliminary scientific tests on dead whales point to undersea noise from naval maneuvers by Spain and other NATO countries as the likely cause of the mass stranding of 15 whales in the Canary Islands, a scientist said Wednesday. Full Story: http://w
Stellwagen Bank, the submerged plateau that swarms with sea life about 30 miles east of Boston, is a national marine sanctuary in name only. Stronger federal leadership and stauncher efforts for ocean conservancy are needed to protect these prolific water
A special research project is beginning off the west Wales coast to help gain greater conservation protection for whales, dolphins and porpoises in Cardigan Bay. Full Story
Authorities and experts have been pondering for weeks, but still no final decision has been taken about where celebrity killer whale Keiko will be spending the frosty winter months in Norway. Full Story: http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/artic
Australia plans to create the world’s largest fully protected marine reserve, announcing on Wednesday it had mapped out a giant park free of fishing and exploitation in its remote, sub-Antarctic waters.
Phocine Distemper Virus (PDV) has been found in a harbour seal on the Aran Islands. The disease was confirmed in a sample sent by UCG to the Dept. of Agriculture in Northern Ireland. PDV has now killed over 15,000 seals on mainland Europe and over 2,000 in the UK. It represents a major threat to
Conservation group WWF International slammed the European Union yesterday for buying fishing rights from poor African countries like Angola, saying it was depleting stocks vital to poor coastal communities.
The NSW charter boat industry has reacted angrily to a proposal by the State Government to slap a tax on whale watchers as part of a licensing and environmental crackdown.