Plans seem well advanced for the creation of an open ocean sanctuary in east coast Canada for captive beluga whales. After scouting sites throughout N. America, the Whale Sanctuary Project has settled on two potential sites in Nova Scotia. Lori…»
Highlights / whales
Environment, Health, International, Internet, Science and Technology
Microplastics found in all arctic beluga whales tested
A Canadian research team tested seven belugas in the eastern Beaufort Sea that had been harvested by Inuvialuit hunters. In each of the animals the scientists found evidence of microplastics in the stomachs and intestines. The area around Tuktoyaktuk is…»
Environment, International, Internet, Science and Technology
Revelations of whale behaviour using drones
University of British Columbia researchers wanted to study feeding behaviour of two separate groups of killer whales. Although both groups live in similar environments on the west coast, both feeding on salmon and facing increased noise pollution, water pollution, disturbances…»
Arts and Entertainment, Environment, International, Society
Ending whale and dolphin captivity in Canada
“Free Willy” bill passes in Parliament A four year effort to pass a law banning the captivity of whales and dolphins has finally been passed in Canada. The bill now awaits Royal Assent before it will become law. The so-called…»
Environment, International, Internet, Science and Technology
Right whales, a ray of hope (interview)
They’re known as the North Atlantic Right whales. That’s because for whalers in the age of sail, they were the “right” whale to hunt. Big and slow, and full of oil and baleen, and relatively close to coastlines, they were…»
Economy, Environment, International, Internet, Science and Technology, Society
Whales: Human created noise adds to threats
Canada’s agency charged with overseeing the status of biodiversity in this country has just released a report on marine noise and the effect on three whale species. Hal Whitehead, of Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia and co-chair of the marine…»
The LINK Online: April 12, 13, 14, 2019
Your hosts: Lynn, Levon, Marie-Claude, Marc (video of show at bottom) Research needed into ship noise effects on Narwhals in Nunavut With a mining company on Baffin Island, in the Arctic territory of Nunavut, requesting a permit for a significant…»
Economy, Environment, International, Politics, Society
The biggest threat to the world’s biggest creatures is hunting
We are eating them to extinction A new report says while pollution and habitat loss are still serious threats to the world’s creatures, hunting is the biggest threat to their survival. Boris Worm (PhD) is a professor of marine biology…»
Belugas use personalized sounds to identify themselves: researcher
Individual beluga whales make personalized sounds that let others know who they are, says Valeria Vergara, a research scientist with Ocean Wise, a conservation program of the Vancouver Aquarium. They may even share some calls with others in their group…»
Whale sanctuary location sought in eastern Canada
A U.S. animal protection group is touring the eastern province of Nova Scotia looking for a community that would agree to host a netted, offshore sanctuary for beluga whales. The Whale Sanctuary Project is holding a series of public meetings…»
International, Politics
Diplomatic Dispatch Podcast – Episode 5: A Marshall Plan for the 21st century
Environment, Internet, Science and Technology
Methane emissions in Arctic Ocean have long been overestimated, study claims
Economy, Environment, International, Internet, Science and Technology
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