Editor’s Note: Humpback whales returning from their Mexican winter vacation have collided with Central California’s crabbing industry with the result of nearly a half-dozen whales entangled in crab traps and rigging. The whales returned earlier than normal–all while the crabbing… Read More ›
Entangled Marine Mammals
Right Whale Calving Down Again
Highly endangered North Atlantic right whales number about 500 individuals. They’re so-named because their slow-moving, shore-hugging habits and tendency to float when dead made them the “right” whale to kill. They were hunted to near extinction by the early 1900s.
Subadult Humpback Whale Successfully Disentangled Near Lahaina
Yesterday a NOAA-led response team successfully freed an entangled humpback whale off Lahaina, Maui. This was a different animal than the ones reported on last week. The entangled subadult humpback whale was first seen and monitored by Pacific Whale Foundation’s… Read More ›
Fishing Gear–Deadly For 8 Large Atlantic Whale Species
Death by fishing gear entanglement is the most commonly diagnosed cause of death among eight large whale species on the eastern North American Continental shelf.
Seafood Not That Dolphin-Friendly: Entanglement Issues & Waste
Hundreds of thousands of marine mammals are injured or killed every year by fishermen around the world. And because most seafood in the U.S. is imported, that means our fish isn’t as dolphin-friendly as you might expect. Under pressure from… Read More ›
Stairway to Plastisphere
Also seen in SLO New Times By Charmaine Coimbra A new report from UCLA School of Law’s Emmett Center on Climate Change and the Environment and UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability Plastic states, “Plastic litter is one of… Read More ›
X Price Launches Ocean Ambassador Program
XPRIZE (www.xprize.org), the global leader in incentivized prize competitions, today announced its largest commitment to date – a multi-year effort to launch three additional ocean XPRIZEs by 2020, as part of the XPRIZE Ocean Initiative. To accompany the Initiative, XPRIZE… Read More ›
Lawsuit Filed to Protect Endangered Whales from Entanglement
Lawsuit Forces Review of Fishery Impacts on Endangered Atlantic Whales and New Rules to Protect the Species from Entanglements Defenders of Wildlife, Whale and Dolphin Conservation The National Marine Fisheries Service has agreed to formally review the impact… Read More ›
New Rule Considered To Prevent Entanglement
As early as this week, federal fisheries regulators are expected to propose a new rule so North Atlantic right whales, humpbacks and fin whales will be less likely to get entangled in vertical fishing lines. A team of commercial fishermen,… Read More ›
Whale Rescue Team Working With Entangled Fin Whale
UPDATE. Parks Canada, in collaboration with Parcs Quebec, the Group for Research and Education on Marine Mammals (GREMM) and the Campobello report: Whale Rescue Team, are continuing their attempts to free the fin whale entangled in fishing gear in the… Read More ›