A rare sea turtle nest on a busy beach in Hilo, Hawaii, is getting special treatment to protect its eggs. Full Story: http://ens-news.com/ens/oct2002/2002-10-17-09.asp#anchor3
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The Irish Air Corps has photographed a pod of fin whales during a surveillance flight off the South-West Coast.
Sweden said its representatives made an unfortunate mistake when they voted for Iceland’s membership in the International Whaling Commission earlier this week, a move allowing Iceland to restart whaling. Full Story: http://www.planetark.org/dailynew
Japan will push for reduced protection of two whale species at an international meeting next month, fisheries officials said on Friday — a move that could open the door to resuming trade in the giant mammals. Full Story: http://www.ledger-enquirer.c
Story: www.canada.com Transient orcas kill lone minke whale Saltspring Island residents witness attack by killer whales Four members of a transient killer whale pod hunted and killed a lone minke whale in front of about 200 Saltspring Island spectators Tuesday afternoon. It was the first time that scientists had ever witnessed killer whales killing a
) Conservationists fear that sound blasts being fired into the Gulf of California to help map the ocean floor may have caused two whales to beach themselves and die. Full Story: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/10/16/tech/main525869.shtml
Iceland said this week it planned to resume whaling, a day after the International Whaling Commission decided to readmit the country as a full member. “We have decided to begin whaling again, but not when we start,” Fisheries Minister Arni Mathiesen
Between 9 October and 15 October there have been 288 dead seals reported bringing the total to 2653 since the beginning of the outbreak. A total of 2294 dead seals have been reported from around the English coast. 75 post-mortem examinations have been carried out, 35 cases have been confirmed as positive for PDV (34
With a UN moratorium in place for the last ten years and a European Union (EU) ban introduced this year, we might have thought that driftnet fishing in Europe a hot campaign issue in the early 1990s was finally over. But in fact, driftnet fishing cont
Keiko the killer whale, star of the “Free Willy” movies, got a new winter home in an ice-free Norwegian fjord Tuesday after a battle between local communities vying for a new tourist attraction.