The European Parliament has adopted a ground-breaking resolution about international trade in endangered species that calls for the continued protection of whales from trade. A reaolution adopted on 24 October, addresses the forthcoming Meeting of the Parties of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), in Santiago, Chile
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Story: www.theadvertiser.news.com.au Death threats had been made against the Port River dolphins, Environment Minister John Hill said yesterday. They were aimed at scuttling the State Government’s plans for a dolphin sanctuary in the river, Mr Hill said. “A lunatic fringe wants to stop the Government from creating a safe haven for our dolphins,” he told
A life-saving whale radar is to be tested in a busy sea lane where up to 10 of the giant creatures are killed by ship collisions each year, it was revealed today. Full Story: http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=5352644
Animal rights activists brought their battle to stop the Makah tribe from conducting its traditional gray whale hunt to a federal appellate court yesterday, arguing that the United States is violating environmental laws by allowing it to go forward.
A federal judge ordered the National Science Foundation on Monday to stop firing sound blasts into the Gulf of California because it harms whales. Full Story: http://www.modbee.com/24hour/healthscience/story/595685p-4624721c.html
Campaigners are tracking marine mammals in an effort to find out how many are being killed by fishing nets. More than 120 dolphin and porpoise carcasses were found on the beaches of Devon and Cornwall between January and April this year.
A California commission has voted to create the largest system of marine reserves off the U.S. west coast. Effective January 1, 2003, the decision sets aside 132 square nautical miles (175 square miles) within the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
A 20-million-year-old fossil of a whale has been found in the River Murray region. Full Story
A newborn killer whale has been identified in the San Juan Islands, boosting the population of the Puget Sound orcas by one this year. Full Story: http://www.thesunlink.com/news/2002/october/10234orca.html
It’s no surprise that catches are good for the shrimp-laden boats plying the upper Gulf of California; they’re fishing in a nationally protected marine reserve. Full Story: http://www.whaling.com/p/a4/c30161b6eb89.html?id=f9a60e