From: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jun/14/japan-appetite-whale-meat-wanes Japan‘s failing appetite for whale meat left three-quarters of meat from whales caught in the north-west Pacific last summer unsold, according to a report. Junko Sakuma, a freelance journalist, said the body responsible for selling meat… Read More ›
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Is Leaking Methane From Arctic Sea More Than A Warning?
We have a new blog for the young children in your life: Neptune 911 For Kids. This fun blog features stories about ocean-hero kids, marine mammals, ways to save the ocean, and pages about the unique and weird creatures one… Read More ›
Entangled Gray Whale Rescued by Fishermen
Neptune 911 LOVES GOOD NEWS. From Associated Press By JASON DEAREN and MARCUS WOHLSEN Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO May 5, 2012 (AP) Crab fisherman Mark Anello noticed something odd near his boat off the Northern California coast:… Read More ›
Dead & Entangled Gray Whale Stories: 2012
Whale found dead in Wash. had swallowed golf ball Read more here: http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2012/04/25/2042347/whale-found-dead-in-wash-had-swallowed.html#storylink=cpy Dead gray whale washes ashore near San Simeon Read more here: http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2012/04/23/2040436/dead-gray-whale-washes-ashore.html#storylink=cpy Lost whale spotted, rescuers wait for opportunity Read more here: http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2012/04/24/2041883/lost-whale-spotted-rescuers-wait.html#storylink=cpy California Gray Whale Entangled:… Read More ›
Seismic Testing Proposed for California’s Central Coast
Editor’s Note: Seismic Testing is known to harm marine mammals. Is it another trashing of the ocean’s or an essential tool to learn more about earthquake faulting and oil exploration? What is Seismic Testing? Following the news story by David… Read More ›
The Diary of Whale Entanglement
From Whales Bermuda “On the afternoon of February 12, 2012 operators on the Silver Bank worked together in an attempt to help a badly entangled humpback whale that was discovered during the first afternoon of their scheduled tours. Jeff Pantukhoff… Read More ›
New Weapons of Sperm Whale Slaughter: Plastics, Plastic Bags, Carcinogens
We have a new blog for the young children in your life: Neptune 911 For Kids. This fun blog features stories about ocean-hero kids, marine mammals, ways to save the ocean, and pages about the unique and weird creatures one… Read More ›
Anti-Whaling Activists Detained on Japanese Whaling Ship
See Update Link below From Reuters: http://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFTRE80702K20120108 SYDNEY (Reuters) – Three Australian environmental activists were detained on board a Japanese whaling ship on Sunday after boarding in protest at Japan’s annual whale cull in the Antarctic, anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd… Read More ›
Drones Photo “Cloaked” Japanese Whaling Fleet
From Planet Ark Hardline whaling opponents attempting to stop Japan’s annual whale hunt in the Antarctic said Sunday they had intercepted and photographed its whaling fleet using pilotless drone aircraft. The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society said it located the Japanese… Read More ›
Gray Whale Numbers Up While Artic Ring Seals Suffer
By Charmaine Coimbra I celebrated my mid-December birthday with a hike along a Central California bluff. The day was warm and eucalyptus blended with salt air invigorated my soul. When I finally reached trail’s end on a bluff that overlooks the… Read More ›
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