Program Term Archive
Marine Wildlife
Iceland to Resume Commercial Fin Whale Hunt
Marine WildlifeAlmost two years ago, Iceland’s Hvalur Inc., headed by Kristjan Loftsson, suspended its fin whale hunt. It continued however to export thousands of tons of mainly fin whale products, principally...
Whale advocates ask fish buyers: Is your seafood tainted by the blood of whales?
Press ReleaseApril 24, 2013Marine WildlifeAnimal welfare and conservation groups are advising major seafood buyers attending the 2013 European Seafood Exposition and Seafood Processing Europe Convention in Brussels this week to be aware that there...
Norway Defies International Trade Ban, Exports Tons of Whale Products to Japan
Press ReleaseApril 8, 2013Marine WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is calling on the United States to take Norway to task over an unexpected export of more than four metric tons of whale products to...
Cook Inlet Belugas Retain ESA Protection
Marine WildlifeA federal judge in November upheld the listing of Alaska’s Cook Inlet beluga whales as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), rejecting a bid by the state of Alaska...
NMFS Leaves Thorny Skates on Thin Ice
Marine WildlifeThe United States has prohibited the landing and possession of thorny skates in US waters since 2003. Despite this, their numbers have dropped precipitously, to a point alarmingly below the threshold...
Shark Numbers Plummet as Fishing Continues in Senegal
Marine WildlifeBetween 2000 and 2008, an estimated one out of every 100 sharks caught around the globe was killed off the coast of Senegal. While estimates of the annual number of...
Capturing Wild Belugas: US Aquariums Swim Against the Tide
Marine WildlifeAlmost two decades ago the US aquarium industry—facing mounting public distaste with the practice—ceased importing healthy wild-caught cetaceans for commercial display. Since then, people across the globe have come to realize...
IWC64: AWI Cries Foul over Abuse of Subsistence Hunt Quotas
Marine WildlifeThe 64th meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC), held in Panama City, Panama, represented a challenge for the Contracting Parties: to overcome the difficulties that led to the disruption of...
Listening to Commerson’s Dolphins
Marine WildlifeIn recent years, there has been a considerable increase in the use of passive acoustic techniques to study cetaceans. One of the main advantages of listening over watching is that...
Death at SeaWorld
Marine WildlifeSemi-biographical, Death at SeaWorld: Shamu and the Dark Side of Killer Whales in Captivity centers on the subject of keeping orcas in captivity for human entertainment. It is full of carefully researched...