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10 good reasons to protect whales

Posted by Willie — 21 October 2016 at 1:42pm - Comments
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Killing whales for food has been happening for millennia. But it was commercial whaling – turning whales into barrels of oil for profit – that led to the wholesale destruction of most of the world’s populations of big whales.

Article tagged as: bycatch, climate change, commercial whaling, ecosystems, iceland, International Whaling Commission, IWC, japan, norway, oceans, orcas, overfishing, PCBs, pollution, whales, whaling

Finding a sense of porpoise.

Posted by Willie — 19 May 2016 at 12:00pm - Comments
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Being a porpoise looks rubbish.

Dolphins look like they have fun. They even look like they seek out fun. Okay, the fixed grins make them seem perpetually happy but let’s be honest - when was the last time you saw a porpoise jumping out of the water or heard a friend gushing about an *amazing* experience seeing porpoises?

There’s good reason that porpoises don’t have the wow factor of dolphins: and it’s not just that they have bad PR people.

Article tagged as: bycatch, dolphins, dredging MCZs, fishing, harbour porpoise, International Whaling Commission, mexico, MPAs, noise, north sea, oceans, PCBs, pollution, porpoise, SACs, strandings, totoaba, UK Marine Bill, vaquita

Iceland's fin whale hunt cancelled for 2016

Posted by Willie — 25 February 2016 at 1:24pm - Comments
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Greenpeace activists blockade whale meat shipment in port of Hamburg.

No endangered fin whales will be hunted in Iceland this year.

This is great news. Word today from colleagues in Iceland, and now reports in both Icelandic and English-language media confirm that the planned hunt for fin whales will not happen this summer. The man behind that whaling is claiming that he’s stopping because of ‘hindrances’ in exporting the meat. That’s great news for whales, and everyone who has been opposing this needless, senseless hunt.

Article tagged as: bycatch, climate change, commercial whaling, endangered, fin whales, Greenpeace activists, iceland, IWC, japan, oceans, PCBs, pollution, whale meat, whales, whaling
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