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

An orphaned killer whale was tagging along with members of her birth pod Monday, a day after she returned to her native waters following a long stay in the waters near Seattle. The 2-year-old, 12-foot-long orca was not intermingling with the eight other w

A young male Ziphius (4.2 m long) which stranded alive and died within minutes of reaching the beach was found to have 4.5 Kg of plastic debris in its stomach. It was very emaciated (all vertebral tips showing) and its stomach contained a total of

The only white dolphin in captivity has died in central China. Full Story

An orphaned killer whale which turned up off the coast of Seattle last January has been released to find her family group after a complex operation to bring her back to Canadian waters. Full Story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/new

Fishermen based in Provincetown, Mass., and those who fish close to shore may be affected by new rules for the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, officials said last week. Full Story: http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/195/nation/Stellwagen_b

The young orca whale who just recently returned to her home waters was released into the wild Sunday where, researchers hope, she will rejoin her long-lost family. Full Story: http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/07/14/orca.rescue/index.html

In Co. Waterford, a Humpback Whale was reported feeding 6km off Mine head this afternoon.