The U.S. Navy has won approval to deploy two ships that use low-frequency sonar to detect faraway submarines, despite continuing questions about whether the system’s loud blasts will injure whales and other ocean mammals. Full Story: http://www.iht.c
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An orphaned killer whale recently released into her native Canadian waters is still having trouble in keeping with her family, preferring instead the company of boats, researchers say. Full Story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/news
A pygmy sperm whale stranded alive in the Magaherees in Co. Kerry yesterday. The animal was reported to Dingle Oceanworld. Upon veterinary inspection it was deemed too ill to save and was euthanised. The animal appears to be female and is currenlty a
Bottle-nosed dolphins could become extinct in British waters within a decade, a report has warned. Full Story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/scotland/newsid_2130000/2130499.stm
The cross-channel adventures of Georges, the Cherbourg dolphin, known as Flipper in Weymouth, have raised the question: Are we endangering friendly dolphins by encouraging them to make contact?
Overfishing has driven the cod to virtually vanish from the North Sea, conservationists say. Full Story
The United States Government has authorised the Navy to use a powerful new sonar system to detect submarines, despite concerns that it could harm whales and dolphins. Full Story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_2131000/2131524
After a grudging 14 year break, Norway, the only country to conduct commercial whale hunts, has resumed exports of whale meat and blubber with a shipment to Iceland, whalers said Monday. Full Story: http://www.whaling.com/p/80/0ff485409a20.html
Bottlenose dolphins in Scotland and the south-west of England are dying out as greater numbers get caught in fishing nets, according to the Wildlife Trust’s report entitled Our Dying Seas. Full Story: http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=76438200
The Navy won approval Monday to deploy two ships that use low-frequency sonar to detect faraway submarines, despite continuing questions about whether the system’s loud blasts will injure whales and other ocean animals. Full Story: http://www.access