Ocean Sentry
The Faroe Islands between Norway and Iceland may be stunning to behold, but an ugly tradition has earned the archipelago an unfavourable reputation.
August, 2018
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10 August
Researchers won’t take dead orca calf away from mother as she carries it into a 17th day
As Tahlequah carries her deceased calf for a 17th straight day, and concerns mount about her health, taking the calf away is not an option because of the tight bond between Tahlequah and the rest of the pod to her baby—dead or alive, experts say.
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10 August
North Atlantic right whale disentangled 1 week after being spotted
It took an hour and a half to disentangle a 10-year-old North Atlantic right whale that was spotted more than a week ago wrapped in fishing gear.
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9 August
Orcas captured en Russia, fishermen threaten violence
On July 30, 2018, the Russian marine welfare organization Ocean Friends, based in Sakhalin Island, left for the first of its kind expedition to perform public control over the capture of orcas.
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9 August
Whale and dolphin slaughter: 100,000 creatures ‘being blown up, harpooned and butchered’
Dolphins and small whales are being blown up with dynamite in a global onslaught that kills more than 100,000 marine mammals a year, a new report warns.
July, 2018
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31 July
Most endangered marine mammal targeted by ‘organised crime’ entering China’s black market
While estimations have revealed that only 30 vaquitas were left last year, Mr Bracho told CBS that this year there are fewer than 15 left in the world.
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17 July
China bridge threatens HK’s pink dolphins
Hong Kong’s rare pale pink dolphins are battling for survival as building work on a 31 kilometre bridge linking the financial hub to China disrupts the communication and feeding activities of the highly sociable animals, marine experts say.
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5 July
Study identifies which marine mammals are most at risk from increased Arctic ship traffic
The study looked at 80 subpopulations of the seven marine mammals that live in the Arctic and identified their risks on or near major shipping routes in September, a month when the Arctic Ocean has the most open water.
June, 2018
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22 June
There’s nothing cute about a whale wearing lipstick, or keeping marine mammals in captivity
Jason Baker says those entertained by an amusement park employee in China putting lipstick on a beluga whale should understand that keeping marine mammals in captivity at all is harmful to their mental and physical well-being.
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21 June
Icelandic Fin whaling restarts after two years hiatus
After a two year hiatus, Iceland has carried out its threat to resume whaling with the vessel “Hvalur 8” leaving Rekjavik to begin a hunt yesterday. Iceland’s only remaining fin whaling company, Hvalur-hf, announced in April that they would be seeking to kill as many as 200 of the endangered …
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20 June
The brutal massacre of Cape fur seals in Namibia is due to begin on 1 July
Harp seals are not the only pinniped victims of mass slaughter. Cape fur seals are also killed by the tens of thousands each year. Cape fur seal pups are massacred in Namibia from July to November. They are killed in so-called ‘seal reserves’, beach colonies where pups are born and nurse …
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11 June
10-11 dolphins massacred by locals on beach in the Faroe Islands
On the evening of May 8, 10-11 Atlantic White Sided dolphins were brutally killed near Hvalvik en the Faroe Islands, a Danish protectorate.