Ocean Sentry
Another North Atlantic right whale has been found dead, this time off Martha’s Vineyard, the Massachusetts island south of Cape Cod.
August, 2017
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9 August
Groups propose ocean refuges for captive dolphins, whales
Animal-rights activists are calling for the creation of ocean-based refuges, where they say captive marine animals could retire and live a life closer to nature.
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9 August
The urban whale: What makes right whales unique
Right whales have been featured in the news a lot lately because of an unprecedented number of deaths in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. 10 North American right whales have died this summer.
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6 August
Islanders in the Faroe Islands continue to claim the lives of more dolphins
Yesterday afternoon another ruthless grind claimed the lives from 40 to 50 pilot whales in Viðareiði to the north of the Faroe Islands. Weather conditions made it possible for the islanders of Funningsfjordur to run aground about 100 white-sided dolphins at night.
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4 August
Climate change may have driven gray whale up Kuskowkim
The gray whale that swam up the Kuskokwim River and was hunted by locals last week may have been searching for new food sources, according to Oregon-based scientist Carrie Newell.
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3 August
119 dolphins died this year on Romania’s Black Sea coast
A Romanian environmentalist group says more than 100 dolphins have died along Romania’s Black Sea coast this year, caught up in fishermen’s nets.
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3 August
Record number of whales entangled off California coast because of crab fishing
Some of the largest mammals on Earth have been increasingly disabled by fishing lines off the West Coast, prompting one environmental nonprofit to threaten a lawsuit against the state over the problem.
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2 August
Fragile Bryde’s whale population at risk from ship strike
The fragility of the Bryde’s whale population in the Hauraki Gulf has been underlined by a study using photos of the mammals’ fins for identification.
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2 August
Native hunters kill whale that made its way to Alaska river
Federal officials on Tuesday were investigating the killing of a protected gray whale by Native hunters in Alaska after the massive animal strayed into a river.
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2 August
‘Unprecedented:’ Another right whale carcass washes up on Newfoundland shore
10 right whales have been found dead along the shores of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. This is an unprecedented number of deaths and the situation is extremely concerning.
July, 2017
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31 July
Two more North Atlantic right whales found dead on Newfoundland’s west coast
Two more dead whales have washed ashore on Newfoundland’s west coast. The federal fisheries department says the discoveries bring the total of confirmed North Atlantic right whale deaths to at least nine.
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27 July
Right whale deaths pinned on shift in feeding grounds
Climate change is sending more hungry right whales into the Gulf of St. Lawrence to feed and that is resulting in more deaths from collisions with ships and tangles with fishing gear, officials say.