Ocean Sentry
(From pattayapeople.com) – Naklua, Thailand – The Pattaya Marine Rescue was called out on the night of the 16th January to the beach near Soi 2 in Naklua to investigate a report that a dolphin was stranded on the beach. They went along with Mr. Kwarmmhun a fitness instructor at …
January, 2009
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16 January
Whale Entangled in Fishing Line Sighted in San Pedro Channel
(From nbclosangeles.com) California – The Coast Guard announced Wednesday they have received reports of a Fin Whale entangled in fishing line in the vicinity of the San Pedro Channel. The whale was spotted by boaters twice this week. Long Beach Captain Dan Salas of Harbor Breeze Cruises captured images of …
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16 January
NOAA Reports Northern Fur Seal Pup Estimate Decline
(From noaanews.noaa.gov ) – Researchers at the National Marine Mammal Laboratory of NOAA’s Alaska Fisheries Science Center have marked another decline in northern fur seal pup births in the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea, where most of the world’s population of northern fur seals gather in the summer to …
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16 January
Philippines asked to return dolphins
(From solomonstarnews.com ) – International animal activities are urging the Philippine Government to return dolphins exported to them back to the Solomon Islands. Solomon Islands Mammal Education Centre and Exporters Ltd sent seven dolphins there last month. Another 11 left yesterday. These were sent there to be trained before they are …
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16 January
Sharks, not humans, most at risk in ocean
(Fom uk.reuters.com) – Three shark attacks in Australia in two days this week sparked a global media frenzy of “Jaws” proportions, but sharks are more at risk in the ocean than humans with man killing millions of sharks each year. Sharks are the top of the marine food chain, a …
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15 January
Canadian Seafood Boycott
(From qsrmagazine.com) – Each year, more than 200,000 harp seals are killed off Canada”s east coast in the largest commercial hunt for marine mammals on the planet. The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) has been working for years to end the practice, and now the animal rights organization …
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15 January
Canada responsible to ensure world’s polar bears survive
(From princegeorgecitizen.com) Winnipeg, Canada – The federal environment minister says the health of the world”s polar bears rests in the hands of Canadians. Jim Prentice says now is a “critical time” for the iconic animals and Canada bears a “heavy responsibility” to ensure they survive. He says the swift disappearance …
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15 January
Alaska to sue over beluga whales
(From juneauempire.com) Anchorage – he state of Alaska announced Wednesday it will sue over increased protections for Cook Inlet beluga whales, the white whales that swim the silty waters off Alaska”s largest city. The belugas – an isolated group that is genetically distinct – were listed last year as endangered …
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15 January
Indonesia Rebuffs Japanese Whaling Ship Amid Widespread Outcry Over Annual Hunt
(From thejakartaglobe.com) – A Japanese whaling vessel was forced to leave Indonesian waters on Thursday after the government rejected its request to dock at the state-owned PT PAL shipyard in Surabaya, East Java Province, an official said on Thursday. “We asked the Japanese whaling ship to go and it has …
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15 January
Mystery of the British penguins that are marching towards oblivion
An endangered species of penguin is mysteriously disappearing from a remote British island in the South Atlantic at a rate of 100 birds every day. About two million northern rockhopper penguins have vanished from Tristan da Cunha and Gough Island, part of the British overseas territory of St Helena, in …
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14 January
Red tide turns into regional issue
(From thenational.ae) United Arab Emirates – Experts will gather in Kuwait this month to urgently discuss the algal bloom that has plagued the UAE east coast, causing widespread destruction to fish and threatening the marine tourism industry. The algae, blooms of which are commonly known as “red tide”, had spread …
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14 January
Rare California Seabird Threatened by Global Warming and Coastal Development
Today the Center for Biological Diversity notified the Fish and Wildlife Service of its intent to file suit against the agency for illegally delaying protection of the ashy storm petrel under the Endangered Species Act. The Service failed to make a 12-month finding on whether the ashy storm petrel, a …