Overfishing: Oceans Are Dying
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| Monday, 28 December 2009 18:31 | |||
Rescuers monitored the survivors as they swam away from Colville Beach on North Island's Coromandel peninsula, and by Monday morning they were reported well out to sea. Department of Conservation workers and hundreds of volunteers helped re-float the 43 whales at high tide. The volunteers covered the stranded mammals in sheets and kept them wet through the day. "Some 63 pilot whales stranded ... but it looks pretty good, we've got 43 live ones," Department of Conservation ranger Steve Bolten said as the pod swam out to sea.... Read Full Article 
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Some 125 pilot whales have died in New Zealand after stranding on beaches over the weekend, but holidaymakers and conservation workers managed to coax 43 others back out to sea.
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