Author: Sue Arnold

06/23/14 Chilean Senate Says NO to “Scientific” Whaling in front of Japanese Embassy in Santiago   Prior to the next International Whaling Commission meeting in September, NGOs valued the complaint of the Chilean Senate and supported the petition made by the parliamentarians to president Michelle Bachelet to protest against the continuation of illegal whaling disguised...

The following new paper has just been published: Ivashchenko, Y.V. & Clapham, P.J.  2014.  Too much is never enough: the cautionary tale of Soviet whaling.  Marine Fisheries Review 76: 1-21. The paper can be downloaded for free at: http://spo.nmfs.noaa.gov/mfr761-2/mfr761-21.pdf ABSTRACT Despite being a signatory to the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (1946), the...

Assessment of humpback whales in Oceania Updated at 9:32 am on 16 June 2014 New data released on humpback whales in Oceania, collected over a 20 year period, has prompted calls for the species to be better protected. Humpback whale Photo: SPREP The first of its kind of assessment, led by the Pacific Whale Research...

Adios, Pacific Garbage Patch: This Teenager’s Invention Could Clean It Up A new report shows how the 19-year-old’s gigantic cleanup machine can pick up half the North Pacific’s trash. Take Action (Photo: The Ocean Cleanup/Facebook) June 12, 2014 By Kristina Bravo Kristina Bravo is a Los Angeles–based writer. She is a fellow at TakePart. full...

Sea Shepherd to Deploy Drones to Stop Massive Whale Slaughter The group’s air force will livestream video of the Faeroe Islands killing grounds. (Photo: Andrija Ilic/Reuters) June 11, 2014 By David Kirby David Kirby has been a professional journalist for 25 years. His third book, Death at Seaworld, was published in 2012. full bio follow...

In January 2002, when she was just a calf, a killer whale named Springer was discovered emaciated and alone by a ferry dock in Puget Sound near Seattle. It was later determined that her mother must have died, leaving the orphaned orca to fend for herself at an age when most calves are still reliant...

Researchers dive into dugong heath project in Queensland’s Moreton Bay By Russell Varley Updated 4 hours 23 minutes ago Photo: Dugong feeds on seagrass in Moreton Bay. (South-east Queensland Catchments – file image) Map: Cape Moreton 4025 A marine researcher on Queensland’s Gold Coast says conditions for dugongs in Moreton Bay have improved after the...

JAPAN SEEKS TO IGNORE ICJ RULING AGAINST WHALING. Japan’s prime minister told parliament on Monday he would boost his efforts toward restarting commercial whaling, despite a top UN court’s order that Tokyo must stop killing whales in the Antarctic. Shinzo Abe’s comments put him firmly on a collision course with anti-whaling groups, who had hoped...

Whale Poo Sustains Fish Stocks Featured Research June 6, 2014 Although it has been argued that whales might be responsible for the depletion of fish stocks through predation, scientists have shown that their defecation in fact provides nutrients for other prey fish.2h AsianScientist (Jun 6, 2014) – Far from being a threat to fisheries, new...