Tag: whales

• Saturday, February 1st 2025 - 08:13 UTC

  BAS studies whales and fish to protect South Georgia marine ecosystem

  

  British Antarctic Survey scientists on the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia are working to better understand the rich marine life that inhabits the region. This month teams are focusing on two major projects: one on whales and their consumption of krill (a shrimp-like creature that’s abundant in the Southern Ocean), and another on populations of bottom-dwelling fish. Their findings will help ensure the long-term health of the region’s ocean ecosystem and support sustainable fisheries.

• Monday, October 2nd 2023 - 09:18 UTC

  A man dead and one injured following a collision between a boat and a whale in Australian waters

  

  Authorities in the east coast of Australia said on Saturday one man was dead and another injured after a whale collided with their fishing boat. New South Wales state police said the incident took place at around 6 a.m. local time in the waters off La Perouse, 14 kilometers southeast of Sydney.

• Saturday, September 30th 2023 - 08:34 UTC

  IAATO includes geo-fenced protection areas for whales in its Antarctica guidelines

  

  The 2023/24 Antarctica season will see 17 new trial site guidelines including special areas so as to protect whales, according to the latest initiatives by IAATO, reports Sea Trade Cruise News.

• Monday, October 24th 2022 - 10:42 UTC

  Argentine Patagonia experts determine cause of death of whales found on shores

  

  Experts have determined that the cause of the recent death of 30 whales in the Valdés Peninsula, in the Argentine province of Chubut, was a harmful algal bloom also referred to as “red tide.” The findings of the dead mammals took place between late September and early October.

• Friday, July 1st 2022 - 09:39 UTC

  Penguins at most risk off South Africa after predator whales seize the area

  

  A study released this week in the peer-reviewed African Journal of Marine Science, would show that killer orcas are behind the finding of eight white sharks dead off the coast of Gansbaai, in western South Africa in 2017.

• Monday, February 21st 2022 - 09:19 UTC

  Happy World Whale Day! But the magnificent creatures are threatened y oceans toxic pollution

  

  Happy World Whale Day! Giants of the ocean are celebrated on World Whale Day, 20 February, which aims to raise awareness of these magnificent creatures, their beauty as well as their ecological value to the planet.

• Saturday, February 5th 2022 - 09:33 UTC

  Iceland to end commercial whaling by 2024 and plans to further promote whales' sightseeing

  

  Iceland will end commercial whaling by 2024, announced Fisheries minister Svandis Svavarsdottir in a piece published in the Reykjavik daily Morgunbladid. The lawmaker representing the ruling coalition led by the Left Greens said, “there are few justifications to authorize the whale hunt beyond 2024,” adding “there is little proof that there is any economic advantage to this activity”.

• Saturday, February 20th 2021 - 08:40 UTC

  Some 45 pilot whales stranded on an Indonesian beach: three survive

  

  Regional officials on the northeastern Indonesian island of Madura said on Friday at least 45 pilot whales that stranded themselves on a beach there have died, while rescuers managed to push three back out to sea.

• Friday, September 25th 2020 - 08:36 UTC

  Grim experience for Australian authorities, euthanizing and disposing of some 400 whale carcasses

  

  Australian officials were focusing on the grim task of disposing of almost 400 whale carcasses on Thursday, while attempts to rescue the few remaining survivors of one of the world’s worst mass strandings were expected to extend another day.

• Tuesday, February 25th 2020 - 07:30 UTC

  South Georgia is evidence of whales recovery, a century after they were heavily exploited

  

  A team led by the British Antarctic Survey has just returned from the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia, as the last of three expeditions to investigate the recovery of whales a century after they were heavily exploited. After 30 years of protection, large numbers of whales appear to be returning to the region.