Ocean Sentry
Aphrodite, a 5-month-old seal born in Akamas, was found dead in the sea off Kato Paphos, Cyprus. The Mediterranean monk seal, Monachus monachus, is the most endangered type of seal in the world and the only type in the Mediterranean.
May, 2019
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20 May
Tuna brands accused of making false “dolphin-safe” claims
The suits say Chicken of the Sea, StarKist and Bumble Bee Foods all use fishing methods that kill or harm a substantial number of dolphins each year.
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17 May
Grey whale deaths on West Coast may be linked to Arctic warmth
Plenty of evidence points to a food problem in the whales’ summering grounds in the Arctic Circle.
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16 May
Russia to release killer whales in new habitat, despite expert advice
Russia is to free captured killer whales over the next month, but will not return them to their original habitat despite expert advice, a scientist said Wednesday.
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13 May
55 more pilot whales slaughtered in the Faroe Island
On May 9, the islanders of the Faroe Islands massacred another herd of pilot whales (Globicephala melas) formed by between 40 and 100 individuals at Hvalba. Yesterday, just 3 days later, locals slaughtered another 55 at Bøur. This latest massacre increases to four the number of “grindadráps”, as these massacres …
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7 May
Scientists are voicing concern after 9 dead gray whales washed ashore in the San Francisco Bay in 2 months
A total of 31 dead gray whales have been spotted up and down the West Coast since January, and a number of them were malnourished.
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7 May
Dugongs in polluted waters on west coast face murky future
Industrial pollution in the Gulf of Kutch (GoK) is degrading the last remaining habitats of dugongs, or sea cows, says a study by the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS).
April, 2019
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29 April
Large pod of pilot whales slaughtered in brutal grind in the Faroe Islands
This morning, 80-100 pilot whales were slaughtered in the second grindadráp (grind) of the year, on the island of Vágar in the northwest of the Faroe Islands archipelago.
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29 April
France shocked by mystery of headless seals on Brittany’s beaches
The discovery of a series of decapitated seals left on Brittany’s beaches has shocked France and prompted a police manhunt for their killers.
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29 April
15 whales already killed in the first month of Norway’s 2019 whaling season
The annual whaling season in the North Atlantic began on April 1. According to keikoconservation.com, 15 minke whales have been harpooned by 3 vessels in the first month of the Norway’s whaling season.
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25 April
Why are so many gray whales washing up dead on California’s coast?
For a few months twice a year, the waters off California are home to graceful gray whales migrating north or south between the coast of Mexico and the Bering Sea. This year, however, it seems that fewer whales are surviving the journey north.
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16 April
Caspian Sea faces pollution threat
Of the more than one million seals which inhabited the shores and islands of the Caspian a century ago fewer than 10 percent remain, and the species has been declared endangered. In 2003, his group found 750 seal carcasses in just one month.