It looks like even 33-foot whales come to Florida to spend their final days, according to the necropsy recently performed on the adult female sperm whale found dead on the beach at Gasparilla Island. Full Story:http://www.sun-herald.com/NewsArchive2/
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Overfishing and pollution in oceans off the U.S. coast threatening sea turtles and marine mammals with extinction, destroying coral reefs and making some water unfit for swimming, an environmental group said in a report issued this week. Full Story:
Boaters and tourists enjoying coastal waters this summer are encouraged to admire wild dolphins from a distance, says the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Full Story: http://ens-news.com/ens/jul2002/2002-07-10-09.asp#anchor8
THE country’s landscape is suffering from a lack of environmental protection which results in farmers, planners, forestry and tourism bodies working towards different goals, the Heritage Council has warned. Full Story:http://www.unison.ie/irish_inde
The orphaned orca plucked from Puget Sound will head back to her home waters Friday aboard a high-speed catamaran ferry. Full Story: http://home.abc28.com/Global/story.asp?S=850024
Story: www.thestar.com An endangered North Atlantic right whale was entangled in a mess of fishing gear off the Nova Scotia coast just as many of the mammals were beginning their annual trek into Canadian waters. The whale was thought to be somewhere off Briar Island, struggling in a tangle of what was believed to be
Diomede, the Bering Sea village that lost a resident during a whale hunt in late June, did not have a gray whale quota and will be fined for the infraction by the International Whaling Commission. Full Story: http://www.adn.com/alaska/story/1386144p-
Story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/ “The dolphins have always been here,” said Geoff Magee, owner of one of two commercial dolphin watching operations on the Shannon estuary. “The farmers dismissed them as seapigs or porpoises. It’s only now people are starting to be proud of them.” The boat trip operators, scientists and Irish Government are all now taking
Mysterious giant beasts may lurk in the darkest depths of the ocean making whale-like noises that are baffling scientists. Full Story: http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.jsp?a=13&o=5737
It’s like Moby Dick minus the harpoons. Whale watching, a whale hunt that involves tourists with cameras and generally careful boat operators, gives the modern-day whale hunt in Puget Sound a tip-toe quality. Full Story: http://www.southwhidbeyrec