Ocean Sentry
(From nj.com)- A second dolphin was found dead in the Navesink River yesterday, prompting wildlife officials and rescue experts to begin talks about possibly moving the wayward pod to the Atlantic Ocean. The latest dead dolphin was discovered floating along the riverbank in Middletown. On Sept. 24 the first dolphin …
October, 2008
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9 October
US sets ship speed limit to protect right whales
(From ap.google.com) Washington- To save a slow-moving species of whale that lives along the Atlantic coast, the government is telling ships to slow down. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Wednesday issued a 11.5-mile-per-hour speed limit for ships 65 feet or longer that travel within 23 miles of major …
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8 October
Public urged to practice responsible ocean stewardship following seal’s death
(From khnl.com) Honolulu- A dead monk seal was found on the coast of Waimanalo Sunday and officials from the Department of Land and Natural Resources and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration are asking the public to practice responsible ocean stewardship in Hawaii waters. The seal, nicknamed “Hoku,” appeared to have …
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7 October
NOAA conducts necropsy on dead monk seal
(From kitv.com) Honolulu- A monk seal was found dead Saturday morning at a beach in Waimanalo, officials said. The seal was known as Hoku. The animal underwent a necropsy Sunday. The seal looked to have died days earlier and it could be difficult to determine cause of death, National Oceanic …
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3 October
Dolphin’s death draws attention, but no action
(From bayshorenews.com)- Has the death of a dolphin from the pod visiting the Navesink River changed the National Fisheries Service’s (NFS) plan to “wait it out”? Marine Mammal Stranding Center (MMSC) Director Schoelkopf maintained that the dolphins should have been removed from the waters in June. The MMSC had submitted …
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3 October
Rescuers at the ready should manatee reappear
(From capecodonline.com)- The search for a wayward manatee continued yesterday with state environmental police checking bays, freshwater streams and drainage pipes from the Cape Cod Canal to Wellfleet. Massachusetts Environmental Police Capt. Peter Hanlon said a major concern was that the manatee, a tropical animal and a member of an …
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2 October
Planning underway to stop dolphin strandings
(From abc.net.au)- A Queensland authority on marine life says at least five dolphins have been trapped in a northern New South Wales lake in recent years. The director of Marine Sciences at Seaworld, Trevor Long, helped to free a bottlenose dolphin and her calf from Prospect Lake near Ballina yesterday.
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2 October
Despite rescue attempt, whale dies after beaching in Avalon
(From pressofatlanticcity.com)- Efforts to save a beached True”s beaked whale failed Wednesday afternoon, as the large mammal died surrounded by those who had tried to help her. The whale, measuring some 14 feet and weighing an estimated 1,200 pounds, first appeared along the beach at 23rd Street and passersby managed …
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1 October
Trapped dolphins freed after 2 weeks
(From abc.net.au)- Two dolphins that have been trapped in a lake on the New South Wales north coast for two weeks have finally been captured. Staff from Sea World on the Gold Coast arrived at Prospect Lake at Ballina this morning for another rescue attempt, accompanied by the National Parks …
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1 October
Humpback shot after explosives failed
(From thewest.com.au)- A stranded whale put down in Jurien Bay yesterday took at least 15 minutes to die after wildlife officers detonated explosives charges into its brain and shot it. The 15-tonne humpback did not die instantly as hoped when the first charge exploded just after 5pm.
September, 2008
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30 September
Chile Creates Massive Whale Sanctuary In Territorial Waters
(From ethicaltraveler.org)- Chile”s recent decision to make its Pacific Ocean territorial waters a whale sanctuary is another step in the right direction to protect the world”s declining populations of marine mammals. In September, the Chilean Congress unanimously passed a bill put forward by President Michelle Bachelet that bans whale hunting …
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30 September
Whale rescued off small island is euthanized
(From miamiherald.com) Key Largo, Florida- Marine mammal experts euthanized a stranded infant sperm whale after they had rescued it earlier in the day off the Florida Keys. Marine Mammal Conservancy President Robert Lingenfelser says the decision to euthanize the calf was made after an examination by a marine mammal veterinarian …