Crew members aboard the whale-watching vessel Nautilus did more than watch Sunday when they discovered that a mother whale was entangled in fishing gear. Full Story: http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/218/metro/Whale_watchers_free_a_trapped_whale+.sh
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An unidentified beaked whale of 6.5m was found in Sendai-shi, Kagoshima-ken on the 26th of July. The carcass was buried right away after quick examination. About one week later the carcass was dug up and examined by Kagoshima City Aquarium and the Nation
Despite the continuing unsettled weather, the 2nd Cape whale watching weekend in August proved every bit the success of the earlier July course, which produced harbour porpoises, common dolphins and minke whales over a three day period. This 2nd course produced killer whales, harbour porpoise and the seemingly ever-present minke whales. Unfortunately, only a quarter
In a move environmentalists called an abrupt reversal of federal policy, the Bush administration said Friday that a major environmental law does not apply to vast tracts of ocean under U.S. control. Full Story: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.
“A few weeks ago I paid a sizeable amount of money to go on a whale-watching trip off the coast of Sydney.” Full Story
There was a very unsettling sight on the Seattle waterfront Friday, where a container ship collided with a 40-foot Gray whale, and sailed into the Port of Seattle with the dead whale still lodged into the ship’s bow. Full Story: http://www.komotv.co
A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a challenge by animal welfare groups to the Makah Indian whale hunts, clearing the way for the gray whale hunts to resume. Full Story: http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nat-gen/2002/aug/08/080800983.html
The crew of a whale-watching vessel violated the law and endangered the life of a mother whale by partially freeing her from fishing gear, a federal fisheries spokeswoman said. Full Story: http://www.whaling.com/p/a3/d970e1038110.html
Story: www.boston.com Japan’s top whaling official indicated yesterday that Tokyo would block US attempts to reinstate a five-year whale-hunting season for Alaskan Eskimos. The issue has been a flashpoint between the two countries since Japan led a drive, at a May meeting of the International Whaling Commission, to ban the hunting of bowhead whales by
A coalition of groups led by the Natural Resources Defense Council said it would file suit on Wednesday to block the U.S. Navy from using a powerful new sonar that scientists say could injure whales and other marine mammals. Full Story: http://www.p