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The Dolphin Institute - About TDI - Conservation
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation's Whale Conservation Initative, we have been working with technologies partners Verizon, Hawaii and Pacific Direct Connect to develop measures to mitigate ship strikes on humpback whales, a growing problem for humpbacks in Hawaii's waters. Increasing Public Interest and Positive Attitudes Without the intimate exposure of the public to dolphins and ...
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Ocean Alliance - EDUCATION - Voyage of the Odyssey : Ocean Encounters
'The purpose of the Voyage' - 'Whale encounters' Slide show - One Ocean 'Voice from the Sea' Audio log One Ocean - Plastics the deadliest predator in the sea. - Global warming - Ship strikes and entanglements on Right whales - The toxicant 'build up'. - Whale strandings - Aquarium reef fish trade 'Ocean Encounters' Video log One Ocean - Diving through debris - Shark finning. -The history of ...
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SoundNet - STOP THE REVISED MANAGEMENT SCHEME
Now, an Antarctic ozone hole, global warming, marine pollution, ship strikes, net entanglements, and massive overfishing of their food supply has entered the extinction matrix. ... 1959 and 1973 more than 2,000 endangered right whales were taken by one Soviet factory ship. It logged an officially reported catch of one right whale. In that time frame, Russia's ...
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Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies | Whale Rescue | Introduction
Over fifty-percent of known right whale mortalities have been attributed to either entanglements or ship strikes. While rescue techniques may help with species recovery, PCCS recognizes that the best solution is a preventative one. PCCS has ...
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Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies | Whale Rescue | Frequently Asked Questions
The number of whales that sustain serious injury or death from these encounters may never be known, simply because they are most likely to die far from public view and cannot be counted; however, many ...
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2006 Meeting in St. Kitts & Nevis
Committee, the Commission agreed that it had made good progress in addressing issues surrounding whales being killed or seriously injured by ship strikes. Finally, the Commission considered the Report of its Infractions Sub-committee. This sub-committee receives reports from Governments concerning any breaches of whaling regulations discovered. TOP ...
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2007 Meeting in Anchorage
Conservation Committee. Good progress in addressing issues surrounding whales being killed or seriously injured by ship strikes was made. The Commission considered the Report of its Infractions Sub-committee. This sub-committee ... , with no more than 67 whales struck in any year (and up to 15 unused strikes may be carried over each year). (2) Eastern North Pacific gray whales A total catch of ...
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Strandings: NOAA Fisheries Feature
U.S. shores. In most stranding cases, the cause of the stranding is unknown, but some identified causes have included disease, parasite infestation, harmful algal blooms, injuries due to ship strikes or fishery entanglements, pollution exposure, trauma, and starvation. While the majority of stranded animals are found dead, some animals strand alive and in a limited number of cases it is ...
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Species Information - Office of Protected Resources - NOAA Fisheries
MMPA stock assessment reports Threats Key threats to marine species are largely due to human impacts, including accidental capture in fishing gear, habitat destruction, pollution, overharvest, and ship strikes. These threats may contribute to a species' status as threatened or endangered. For More Information Critical Habitat Maps Integrated Taxonomic Information System Marine Mammal Stock ...
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EIA - The Environmental Investigation Agency: Cetaceans Campaign | Campaign Index
The survival of whales and dolphins is now threatened by the combined onslaught of pollution, over-fishing, accidental catches and ship strikes, global climate change, ozone depletion and a host of other human-induced problems in addition to continued threats from hunting. For some time now the IWC has recognised that cetaceans face numerous direct and indirect ...
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