Sea Shepherd reports, 10th December 2012: “After months of speculation, anticipation and the announcement that Los Angeles-based philanthropist and co-creator of TV’s “The Simpsons,” Sam Simon, had donated funds for the purchase of a ship, Sea Shepherd’s new Antarctic patrol ship, the SSS Sam Simon, was unveiled today in the port of Hobart, Tasmania, docked […]
» Marine Wildlife
- Sea Shepherd adds ex-Japanese government vessel to its anti-whaling fleet
- Will the culling of seals revive Canada’s lost cod stocks?
- Plenty more fish (and other eukaryotes) in the sea, say boffins
- One cubic foot of sea – in pictures
- Marine biotechnology promises huge benefits, but at what risk to our seas?
- New evidence that seismic testing harms marine life
- Pressure grows for a ban on polar bear “items”
- Japanese whalers confirm Sea Shepherd’s effectiveness
- New detection technology assists protection of marine mammals at offshore energy sites
- Man versus Sharks in Australia : the truce collapses
- Diablo Canyon update
- New London railway will result in new coastal wetland in Essex
- Sea Shepherd launch ‘Operation Miinimbi’
- Capt Paul Watson, Sea Shepherd’s leader, plans to evade arrest by staying at sea
- Evidence that beached whales in Scotland are “in distress” due to seismic testing in North Sea
- The marine wildlife impact from seismic testing
Canada’s multimillion dollar proposal to cull grey seals will not bring back the ravaged stocks of Atlantic cod it is intended to help, scientists have said. In October, the Canadian Senate approved a controversial plan to kill 70,000 grey seals in the Gulf of St Lawrence under a bounty system next year, ostensibly to revive […]
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Expert on enormous bottom cucumbers lays it out While scientists have painstakingly documented the existence of 226,000 marine species to date, there remain two to three times as many sea-dwelling creatures yet to be discovered, a new study has suggested. Researchers at the University of Florida, who worked with more than 100 taxonomists and biologists […]
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Photographer David Liittschwager captures the amazing range of our world’s biodiversitybiodiversity Biological diversity in an environment as indicated by numbers of different species of plants and animals. by placing a cube in different habitats and recording whatever moves through it. In the pictures below, Liittschwager placed his frame on the Temae Reef off the Pacific island […]
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Scientists have pinpointed a new treasure trove in our oceans: micro-organisms that contain millions of previously unknown genesgene A string of the DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) molecule that is the fundamental unit of inheritance, so it is variations in the make up of this molecule in the gene that controls variations in an organism’s appearance and […]
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Scallop fishermen believe a new study will prove that seismic testing by oil and gas exploration companies in Bass Strait, Tasmania, is responsible for the deaths of marine life. The Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies will carry out the research, which will concentrate on the effects of seismic activity on scallops and rock lobsters. […]
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Environmental activists in the United States and Russia have come together to push for unprecedented protection for the polar bear, hoping to stave off the decline of its already dwindling population. With Arctic Sea ice at record low because of climate change, polar bears have been deprived of a key habitat and feeding ground. Legal […]
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The New York Times reported on 2nd October that the Institute for Cetacean Research, the government-owned operation that manages the Japanese Whaling fleet, has confirmed that the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society cost the whalers $20.5 million in losses for the 2010-2011 whaling season in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. Last season saw the whalers taking […]
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A new instrument to detect whales, dolphins and other marine mammals, and provide immediate alerts during the development of offshore wind, wave and tidal installations, has been showcased to an international audience at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. PAMBuoy™ was originally developed by SMRU Ltd, a marine mammal consultancy which is a commercial spin […]
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Australian officials, under pressure to protect beach-goers after a string of deadly shark attacks, have approved a plan to kill sharks that venture too close to people in the water. The plan, which was announced by Western Australia state premier, Colin Barnett, has infuriated conservationists and marks a sharp reversal of the current policy that […]
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Since our last Latest News item entitled ‘The Marine Wildlife Impact from Seismic Testing’ over 37,000 signatures were placed on the petition that first day to oppose the sonic seismic testing at Diablo Canyon. Furthermore the USA National Resources Defence Council (NRDC) the influential national environmental organisation, has withdrawn its support for the test it had only […]
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The first giant scoops of almost 5m tonnes of earth from deep beneath London have begun to be delivered to the Essex coast, the first step in creating the biggest man-made nature reserve in Europe. The soil, excavated from two new 21km rail tunnels under the capital, will transform the pancake-flat intensive farmland of Wallasea Island into […]
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In their quest to save the whales Sea Shepherd have launched ‘Operation Miinimbi’ together with a campaign film. The article may be read and the film seen by going to: http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-media/2012/09/12/operation-kimberley-miinimbi-summary-and-launch-of-campaign-film-1437
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Paul Watson, the fugitive head of international marine activism group Sea Shepherd who is wanted by the police on three continents, plans to avoid arrest by staying at sea as long as possible. In an exclusive comment piece for the Guardian, the Canadian-born environmentalist who skipped bail in Germany in July, has given no clue […]
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The website strandednomore.wordpress.com reports 3rd September 2012: “In less than 48 hours 3 mass strandings involved pilot whales and dolphins happened in the US East Coast and in the UK. As usual, whales died, were euthanised, some were rescued and some calves were stashed away for subsequent transfer to the Sea World. The media posted […]
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Sea Shepherd on 7th September posted on their website the following item of the devastating and drastic impact that can be brought about to sea mammals right down to planktonplankton Plankton is a generic term for a wide variety of the smallest yet most important organisms form that drift in our oceans. They can exist […]
