Ocean Sentry
(From timesofindia.indiatimes.com) Washington – A new study on western North Atlantic blue sharks has found out that since their taste is not liked by consumers in the US and Canada, the marine animal escapes being hunted and in turn the threat of extinction. According to a report in Discovery News, …
July, 2008
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31 July
Porpoise Latest Marine Stranding
(From news.bbc.co.uk)- They are spectacular visitors to our shores, but more than 60 marine mammals have been stranded in Northern Ireland since 2000. The latest incident was a dead porpoise, washed ashore on Tyrella beach in County Down on Sunday. Beach users said that the animal appeared to have been …
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31 July
Ramsay Panned Over Puffin Killing
(From thesun.co.uk) United Kingdom – Gordon Ramsay has been blasted over footage of puffins being killed and eaten on his Channel 4 show. Viewers have complained about last night’s The F Word in which the fiery chef was seen catching seabirds before gutting them and eating their raw hearts.
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31 July
Endangered Sea Turtles Leave Maine For Home
(From wcsh6.com) Biddeford- 4 endangered sea turtles are swimming their way back home after a long rehabilitation in Maine. The turtles have been living at the Marine Animal Rehabilitation Center in Biddeford, known as MARC, since January. They were recovering from being cold-stunned, a kind of hypothermia. Kemp”s Ridley turtles …
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31 July
Baby Whale Unlikely to Survive
(From abc.net.au)- Authorities are monitoring the progress of a baby humpback whale that was beached in Fremantle this morning. A spokesman for the DEC, Rick Dawson, says the whale still had its umbilical cord attached and its mother has either abandoned it or died. “Humpbacks are usually about four to …
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30 July
Whale Tail Thrills
(From cairns.com.au)- A large white whale has been spotted off Innisfail (Queensland), delighting fishers and fuelling speculation that it could be Migaloo. “I’ve seen whales before but this is one of those images that sits there in your mind and you just hope it never fades. Even the tail of …
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30 July
Ottawa Considering N.S. Request to Increase Grey Seal Quota
(From canadianpress.google.com) Halifax, Nova Scotia – A call by Nova Scotia”s fisheries minister for an expansion of the province”s annual grey seal hunt is being considered by federal Fisheries Minister Loyola Hearn.
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30 July
Olympians Join Fight to Save Sharks from Overfishing
(From wbir.com)- Shark fin soup is a delicacy in Asia. It”s a popular wedding dish that costs $100 a bowl. Each day, trawlers head to the ocean using long lines and big hooks. They hunt down the muscular creatures and then slice off their fins, while the sharks are still …
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30 July
NOAA Offers up to $1,000 for Information on Sea Turtle Poaching
(From 7thspace.com)- NOAA’s Fisheries Service Office of Law Enforcement is offering up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of persons poaching endangered sea turtles in the Territory of Guam and in the Commonwealth of Northern Marianas Islands. Turtle poaching is an ongoing problem in the Guam …
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30 July
St. Kitts/Nevis Turtle Population In Crisis
(From sunstkitts.com)- The St. Kitts/Nevis Monitoring Network, co-ordinator, Dr. Kimberly Stewart revealed that accidental capture is one of the major factors that has been responsible for the endangerment of the turtle population in St. Kitts/Nevis. Dr. Stewart praised the Federation for being very fortunate to have three species of turtles, …
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30 July
Record Number of Turtle Strandings
(From itn.co.uk)- An unprecedented number of sea turtles are stranding on the UK coast, an aquarium has warned after another one of the animals was rescued from a beach in Wales. The rare loggerhead turtle was found at Ogmore by Sea, near Bridgend, and taken to the Blue Reef Aquarium …
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30 July
Coastguards Condemn Picnickers Who Chase grey seals on Salisbury Bank Near Hilbre Island
(From wirralnews.co.uk) – Coastguards have condemned thrill-seekers who terrorised grey seals on Salisbury Bank, near Hilbre Island. Worried passers-by alerted the Coastguard to the group of 17 picnickers who had sailed out to the sand bank in three pleasure crafts last Sunday.