He flies a pirate flag but regards himself as an international maritime cop. Captain Paul Watson’s opponents call him a saboteur, a terrorist – and Watson doesn’t deny he has sunk a lot of ships.
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Story: www.guardian.co.uk Conservationists are bracing themselves for the deaths of thousands of seals after their worst fears were confirmed in the form of a highly virulent virus. The discovery of phocine distemper virus in tissue samples taken from dead seals washed up on the Norfolk coast has signalled the return of the disease to British
Story: www.theadvertiser.news.com.au Armed with binoculars and patience, hundreds of people watched the antics of two playful whales off the metropolitan coast yesterday. From West Beach to Grange, cars lined the esplanade as workers on lunch breaks, school students and tourists enjoyed the water show several hundred metres offshore. Henley Jetty was the most popular vantage
Overfishing and global warming could prove a boon to one still largely mysterious creature that may already outnumber man – the squid. Full Story<
A coalition of conservation groups has filed suit in federal court against the National Marine Fisheries Service, charging the agency with failing to protect marine mammals from the effects of commercial fishing operations. The groups say the agency must
A fatal virus that has killed seals throughout northern Europe has returned to UK waters, wildlife experts say. Full Story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2193017.stm
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
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