Combating Japan’s effort to resume commercial whaling in the South Seas, island nations and territories across the South Pacific have begun creating a patchwork of whale sanctuaries to protect the giant mammals. Full Story: http://www.capecodonline.c
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The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) announced Wednesday that the Atlantic white marlin, a billfish that lives in the tropical and temperate waters of the Atlantic Ocean, does not warrant listing as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Sp
Story: http://ens-news.com/ Senator Jim Jeffords of Vermont introduced a bill this week aimed at helping preserve the nesting habitats of marine turtles in foreign countries. “This legislation will help to preserve this ancient and distinctive part of the world’s biological diversity,” the Vermont senator said in submitting the Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2002 (S
Story: www.ananova.com Wildlife experts have warned the public to stay away from a boisterous dolphin because they fear someone could be injured. Georges the dolphin has entertained crowds along the south coast but he has hurt several people with his tail after they entered the sea to play with him. The friendly 800lbs mammal has
They keep getting washed up on Australian beaches: giant squid up to 12 metres long that seem to have died of old age.
Northland’s international orca expert Ingrid Visser found herself following another species of whale up the Whangarei Harbour yesterday.
HONG KONG, Sept. 4 (Xinhuanet) — “Although the baby whale failed to survive long after our rescue, it will always live in our memory!” the two Hong Kong police officers, who assisted in re-launching a beached whale in Sai Kung last month, said here Wedne
The first organized “safaris” to visit Keiko, the affection-starved killer whale, start Friday but marine officials are none too pleased. They want people to stay away from Keiko, in the hopes he’ll swim back out to sea before coastal ice starts forming.
A federal grant will allow three members of the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission to travel to England to discuss subsistence quotas for bowhead whales. Full Story: http://www.adn.com/alaska/story/1722599p-1839187c.html
A whale suddenly breached and crashed into the bow of a fishing boat, killing a restaurant owner on board. Full Story: http://www.news-journalonline.com/2002/Sep/5/NOTE4.htm