Norway whale hunting season suspended | Outposts | Los Angeles Times
Norwegian whalers have suspended this year’s hunt of minke whales, citing lack of product demand.
According to an Agence France-Presse article, industry officials state that…
Fisheries officers rescue tangled whale off central B.C.
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans DFO released video Friday of its officers rescuing a juvenile humpback whale after it became tangled in at least 50 prawn traps on June 10 in Knight Inlet, off the central B.C. coast.
Fisheries officers were called in after…
Durango Herald News, Endangered blue whales returning to Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Blue whales are returning to Alaska in search of food and could be re-establishing an old migration route several decades after they were nearly wiped out by commercial whalers, scientists say.
The endangered whales, possibly the…
Humpback whale freed off B.C. coast
An exhausted humpback whale has been rescued in the waters of Knight Inlet off the central B.C. coast.
The rescue effort began when a prawn fisherman told fishery officials Sunday that a young humpback whale was entangled in…
Whales found where presumed extinct - UPI.com
CORVALLIS, Ore., May 26 (UPI) — U.S. scientists say they’ve documented the presence of endangered North American right whales in an area where they were thought to be extinct.
Oregon State University and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration researchers said they made their discovery usin…
NOAA shifts Mass. shipping lanes to aid right whales - NYTimes.com
Federal officials will alter busy shipping lanes in and out of Boston Harbor next week in an effort to protect one of the world’s most endangered whales.The harbor is a busy area for both shipping and whales. More than half of the world’s North Atlantic right whales congregate in the area each…
ITHACA, New York, May 31, 2009 (ENS) - The voices of singing blue whales have been identified for the first time in New York coastal waters, acoustic experts at…
Dozens of whales perish on South African shore | AP | 05/30/2009
CAPE TOWN, South Africa - Authorities shot dozens of exhausted whales that beached on a shore near South Africa’s storm-lashed southern…
Giant Whale Thieves Caught on Video — A First
Sperm whales that steal fish from fishers’ lines have been caught red-handed in new underwater videos released this week.
At depths of 328 feet 100 meters, the massive mammals were shown…
One of these Killer Whales is Almost 100 years Old…
…and the other is in his fifties!
These two whales were the first of their pod to be identified by Ken Balcomb back in the late 70s when scientists realized that every Orca has…
Humpback whales swim further than thought: study - National News - National - General - Illawarra Mercury
Humpback whales travel more widely in waters off Australia’s east coast than was previously thought, a new study has found.
Sixteen whales were tagged near…
Decision postponed on minke hunt off Japan - UPI.com
GENEVA, Switzerland, May 19 (UPI) — Japan has failed to convince the International Whaling Commission to let it hunt in Japanese coastal waters this year, whaling officials said.
An ITC panel voted Monday to…
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WHOI Team aids Center Coastal Studies in Whale disentanglement
On Monday, May 4, a team of researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) was working in the Great South Channel 40 miles east-southeast of Chatham, Mass., when they sighted a humpback whale severely entangled in fishing gear.
They alerted a rescue team from the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies (PCCS) and kept watch over the humpback for three hours until the PCCS team could…