Ocean Sentry
According to MMCU, there is no conclusive proof for the mammal deaths in Mumbai even as 29 deaths were reported in 2015, 33 in 2016 and 18 in 2017.
September, 2017
August, 2017
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31 August
Global warming doubles growth rates of Antarctic seabed’s marine fauna – study
Experiment in the Bellingshuan Sea reveals temperature rise has more alarming implications for biodiversity in polar waters than previously thought.
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31 August
Blood spills on to the shores of the Danish Faroe Islands, again
Known as the grindadráp, the brutal slaughtering of pilots whales in the Danish owned Faroe Islands took place again yesterday. As many as 50 pilot whales were reportedly massacred as locals used spinal lances to slay all of the pilot whales.
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31 August
Indonesian travelling shows where dolphins perform in the name of education
More than 90 dolphins are held in captivity in Indonesia and trained to perform tricks in shows as part of the country’s so-called conservation efforts. Their future is uncertain as the government continues experimenting with a captive breeding programme to increase dolphin population in its waters.
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31 August
Latest distressed whale may have escaped fishing ropes on its own
A North Atlantic right whale spotted earlier this week entangled in ropes off the Gaspé Peninsula may have freed itself and joined a pod in the area, the federal government said Wednesday.
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31 August
Dolphin Project returns to Taiji
When Dolphin Project Founder/Director Ric O’Barry first witnessed the dolphin drive hunts in the tiny fishing town of Taiji, Japan, he committed to exposing the cruelty inflicted upon dolphins – a cruelty he could only describe as “breathtaking”. Sights and sounds that no human, nor dolphin, should be subjected to …
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30 August
Protect herbivores, preserve coral reefs
Scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography predict that protection of seaweed-eating fish and invertebrates will help maintain the health of a Hawaiian coral reef by leveling the competition between fast-growing seaweed and slow-growing coral.
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30 August
Study shows whales dive deeper and longer when exposed to human produced sonar
A combined team of researchers from Marine Ecology and Telemetry Research and the U.S. Navy’s Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division has found evidence of whales diving deeper and longer than normal when exposed to sonar from submarines and helicopters.
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30 August
Scientists think they know why the Caspian Sea is shrinking
The Caspian Sea is about as strange as a body of water gets. Its surface still sits 27.5 meters (90 feet) below sea level, and water doesn’t flow out of it—it’s isolated from the oceans, and relies on a series of Asian rivers to maintain its levels.
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30 August
Century-old seal pelts reveal changes in Ross Sea ecosystem
By using sophisticated isotope analysis to compare samples from modern and century-old seals, the researchers were able to investigate an urgent question about human impacts on the Antarctic ecosystem: Is the targeting of Antarctic toothfish by a small fishing fleet operating in the Ross Sea changing the structure of the …
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30 August
Turtles in Indian River Lagoon suffering from tumors caused by herpes virus
Half the endangered green sea turtles in the Indian River Lagoon suffer from life-threatening tumors, caused by a herpes virus that doesn’t infect us, but that we make worse for turtles.
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30 August
Government keeps watch on latest entangled North Atlantic right whale off Gaspé Peninsula
The latest right whale discovered entangled off Quebec’s Gaspé Peninsula is a male, known by the number 3245.