Category: NEWSLETTERS

Migaloo is on the way 27th Jun 2014 6:00 AM MIGALOO, the world-famous white whale, could well arrive in the Whitsundays this week, with sightings already confirmed off both the New South Wales and Queensland coasts. And Migaloo is not alone. The humpback highway, stretching from the icy cold waters of the Antarctic to the...

Paul Farrell and Nick Evershed  THE GUARDIAN Friday 27 June 2014 11.25 EST Whales are more likely to to be hit by whale-watching boats than any other identified vessel type, data from the International Whaling Commission shows. Whale collisions around the world have been collated by the commission in a database which runs from 1885 to...

Dolphins granted personhood by government of India Dolphins have been granted “non-human personhood” status by the government of India, making India the first nation in the world to recognize the unique intelligence and self-awareness of the cetacean order (a class of aquatic mammals). The decision was announced by India’s Minister of the Environment and Forests which also outlawed captive...

Dolphins granted personhood by government of India DOLPHINS GRANTED PERSONHOOD BY INDIA Dolphins have been granted “non-human personhood” status by the government of India, making India the first nation in the world to recognize the unique intelligence and self-awareness of the cetacean order (a class of aquatic mammals). The decision was announced by India’s Minister of the Environment...

  $500,000 boost for dolphin research Media release 12 June 2014 Download media release $500,000 boost for dolphin research (PDF – 116 KB) The Australian Government is delivering on a key election commitment to provide $250,000 to both Sea World and Victoria’s Dolphin Research Institute for research into threats facing dolphins so that we can...

New funding for dugongs in the Pacific could make a big difference to the future of the species By Jemima Garrett  – EDITOR’S NOTE.. SHAME THEY FORGOT ABOUT THE PROBLEM IN AUSTRALIA ! Updated Wed 25 Jun 2014, 3:31am AEST Photo: A native Australian dugong swims in Moreton Bay. (Reuters file photo) Map: Pacific Dugongs...

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...