Aichi Prefecture residents will file a lawsuit with the Nagoya District Court as early as Tuesday seeking the suspension of the planned purchase of two killer whales by the Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium, they said Sunday. Full Story: http://japantod

Stealth technology used in warships has helped to produce a new ultra-low noise survey vessel which is working on ways to prevent whales beaching themselves. Full Story: http://news.scotsman.com/scitech.cfm?id=1135392002

A whaling dispute which is setting remote Arctic communities against the Japanese Government could soon be resolved. Full Story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2319855.stm

The lone survivor among nine short-finned pilot whales found stranded on a Florida Panhandle beach last year has died, officials said. Full Story: http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/apnews/stories/101202/D7MK9V9G0.html

Global warming could be behind the mysterious deaths of giant squid off the north coast of Spain, a marine biologist said. Full Story: http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/18158/story.htm

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

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