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Stranded porpoise sent to Vancouver rescue facility - Aug 28, 2008 Canada.comStaff and volunteers at Vancouver Aquarium's Marine Mammal Rescue Centre are spending 24 hours a day in the water with a baby harbour porpoise, ... … | This is Wildlife experts say the harbour porpoise which became... - Jul 7, 2009 thisisgloucestershire.co.ukWILDLIFE experts say a harbour porpoise which died after becoming lost in the River Severn would have been searching for food. ... Harbour porpoise spotted at Sutton on Sea - Aug 11, 2008 Louth TodayBy Gemma Gadd. VISITORS to Sutton on Sea beach on Saturday afternoon were treated to a sighting of what was believed to be a harbour porpoise. ... First record of the harbour porpoise, phocoena phocoena (Cetacea: … - Apr 1, 2006 Free with registration - Aqua: journal of ichthyology & aquatic... - AccessMyLibrary.comThe harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) is a small cetacean widely distributed on both sides of the North Atlantic. It is a coastal species seriously ... Watching Nick, Sue and Connie too - Nov 25, 2009 BBC NewsThe dolphin's cousin, the harbour porpoise, was also seen throughout this ... Seals and harbour porpoise sunfish were again seen during the summer months. ... Life-saving moment for harbour porpoise - Sep 6, 2005 Pay-Per-View - Western Morning News - Factiva, from Dow JonesA harbour porpoise which was close to death after getting entangled in a net was successfully freed by conservationists after a chance encounter off the ... Article: Porpoise is found.(News) - South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)... - Jul 27, 2006 Pay-Per-View - South Wales Echo - HighBeam ResearchThe distribution of harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in the Bay during ... activities of ... Harbour porpoise presence near and within an aquaculture . ... Reward in porpoise deaths inquiry - Apr 14, 2005 BBC NewsThe Harbour Porpoise is a protected species under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and deliberately causing its death attracts a penalty of up to six ... Second harbour porpoise found dead.(News)(Obituary) | Article from … - Aug 6, 2008 Pay-Per-View - South Wales Echo - HighBeam ResearchSecond harbour porpoise found dead.(News)(Obituary) ... find South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales) articles. A SECOND harbour porpoise has been found dead in ... Porpoise latest marine stranding - Jul 31, 2008 BBC NewsMore than half were the Harbour Porpoise, such as the one at County Down over the weekend. This is commonest cetacean around Northern Ireland's shores. ... Article: FISHERIES: EP COMMITTEE STANDS BY BALTIC DRIFTNET … - Sep 17, 2005 Pay-Per-View - European Report - HighBeam ResearchIFAW campaigner Ursula Woodburn said the MEPs' move is "a stand for the protection of the critically endangered Baltic Harbour porpoise". ... Daisy to stay at aquarium - Nov 19, 2009 Victoria Times ColonistDaisy, a young harbour porpoise rescued from Gonzales Beach last summer, doesn't have ... Daisy the rescued harbour porpoise clutched her pool noodle as she ... Golfers see dolphins kill solitary porpoise. - Feb 24, 2006 Free with registration - Europe Intelligence Wire - AccessMyLibrary.comA dead harbour porpoise was found washed up on Stonehaven beach outside Molly Gunnings ... The dead 2ft-long harbour porpoise has since been recovered by ... Look at what I found when I went fishing! - Aug 2, 2008 WalesOnlineA RARE harbour porpoise has been found washed up at a popular fishing spot in Cardiff. Keen angler Joseph Gamlin, of Rumney, Cardiff, spotted the animal ... Baby porpoise found dead in river - Mar 27, 2007 BBC NewsIt is thought the harbour porpoise may have lost its mother and gone looking for food in shallow water. A vet from the Scottish Marine Mammal Rescue Centre ... Climate food threat to porpoises - Jan 10, 2007 BBC NewsClimate change is disturbing the food supply of the harbour porpoise, one of Britain's sea mammals, research shows. Scientists found that the number of ... Trefriw man guilty of selling porpoise skull on eBay - Sep 20, 2008 North Wales Weekly NewsChristopher Mellenchip, 44, of Top Road, Trefriw, pleaded guilty to selling the skull of a harbour porpoise skull at Llandudno magistrates court on ... Harbour or common porpoise - Jun 25, 2009 The GuardianThe only porpoise native to the UK, the harbour porpoise, is reckoned to be the most common cetacean (large sea-dwelling mammal) in British waters - as well ... Porpoise swimming in ship canal - May 12, 2006 BBC NewsThe 1.5m (5ft) long Harbour Porpoise was first seen on Thursday morning in the water and is currently being monitored by marine experts. ... Wales is one of the best places to spot whales and dolphins - Feb 11, 2009 WalesOnlineHe said: “Most people are surprised to find that we have some of the best populations in the world of harbour porpoise and common dolphin here in Wales. ... Rescued porpoise thriving at Vancouver Aquarium - Sep 24, 2008 Canada.comVANCOUVER - The young harbour porpoise, rescued from Gonzales Beach in Victoria four weeks ago, is swimming on her own and playing with toys in the pool at ... Oil rigs may be fit for porpoise - Mar 21, 2009 New ScientistOver 525 days, they recorded 2479 harbour porpoise visits, almost all of which happened at night. The pattern of clicking matched that of porpoises hunting ... Stranded porpoise put back in sea - Aug 3, 2006 BBC NewsThe 6ft-long (1.8m) adult harbour porpoise got into difficulty near Langstone Bridge, which joins the Hampshire mainland to Hayling Island. ... Wales, whales and dolphins - Jun 21, 2008 Telegraph.co.ukShortly after the fifth set of bleeps a lone harbour porpoise passes in the opposite direction, in a kind of slow aquatic lope. The sighting is recorded but ... Fears for porpoise in canal - May 13, 2006 The SunExperts last night feared the 5ft-long Harbour Porpoise may get trapped in lock gates or stranded. The animal was last spotted at Latchwood Lock, ... Porpoise swims into town for fish - Aug 15, 2008 BBC NewsA harbour porpoise spotted swimming through a town in Northern Ireland has become a big hit with the locals. Children in Coleraine are calling the sea ... East Anglian Daily Times - East Anglian Daily Times - Sep 6, 2006 East Anglian Daily Times...between 45 and 65 kg, with a maximum of 90 kg. n The harbour porpoise is limited to the cold temperate and sub-arctic waters of the Northern Hemisphere. Britain's tiny islands - Oct 6, 2007 Telegraph.co.ukVisitors will have the company of razorbills and guillemots, puffins, grey seals and harbour porpoise. A 20-minute boat journey from Martin's Haven. ... Canada Post Celebrates 2010 Winter Games, Milestones, Wildlife... and... - May 19, 2009 CanadianBusiness.com...part of a joint issue with Sweden Post and will feature sea mammals indigenous to the waters of Canada and Sweden, the Sea Otter and Harbour Porpoise. ... Renewables role for oil industry - Oct 29, 2008 BBC NewsHarbour porpoise and seals were the most likely to be affected by ... The Pentland Firth provides habitat for harbour porpoise, dolphins and killer whales. ... Porpoises flee killer dolphins - Jan 21, 2005 BBC NewsRod Penrose, a spokesman for the group commented: "A decline in harbour porpoise bycatch over the years in Wales has been replaced by this violent ... Porpoise deterrent wins UK Smart Gear Award - Nov 20, 2007 Fish UpdateAN innovative device, which could significantly reduce the number of harbour porpoises and other cetaceans caught in fishing nets, has won the UK prize in ... Porpoise carcass found in Norwich flytip - Apr 27, 2009 Mirror.co.ukThe mutilated remains of a harbour porpoise have been found dumped 20 miles inland from the sea. The carcass had flies swarming around it when found under a ... Thames whale dies during rescue bid - Jan 22, 2006 Sydney Morning HeraldAnother northern bottle-nosed whale was seen yesterday in the Thames estuary, and today the body of a dead harbour porpoise was found upstream at Putney. ... Quarter of world's whales and dolphins face extinction - Aug 12, 2008 Telegraph.co.ukBesides the vaquita, the Black Sea harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena relicta), which moved from Vulnerable to Endangered, the North Atlantic right whale ... Porpoise deaths - £5,000 reward - Apr 25, 2005 Bridlington Free Press..."The longer this is allowed to continue, the greater the damage to the harbour porpoise population." Sgt Hine said: "To deliberately cause the death of any ... Porpoise's skull found on river bank - Mar 26, 2009 Goole Today..."Harbour porpoise, which look almost identical to dolphins and are accustomed to cool waters, swim up the Humber in spring in search of fish," Ms Rigby said ... Bridgend & Maesteg Wind farm 'no problem' - Jan 28, 2010 WalesOnlineIt is particularly concerned for the harbour porpoise and its natural breeding habitat around the shores of Wales. The Atlantic Array site will cover an ... Solutions sought to end sea lion deaths on fish farms - Apr 24, 2007 Toronto StarBesides the 51 drowned sea lions, Living Oceans says a dolphin, harbour porpoise and another sea lion were entangled and drowned in another open-net system ... Porpoise wash up off California waters - Aug 4, 2008 Independent OnlineThe National Marine Fisheries Services cites 13 harbour porpoise deaths in 2007 and 26 in 2006. The Marine Mammal Centre rescues up to 800 ill, ... Missing porpoise carcase is mystery to Angus experts. - Feb 19, 2005 Free with registration - Europe Intelligence Wire - AccessMyLibrary.comThe fresh carcase of the harbour porpoise, which is thought to have been the subject of a dolphin attack, was placed in a sealed bag by volunteers and a ... Whales and dolphins in the North Sea 'on the increase' - Apr 4, 2005 innovations reportThe species recorded were harbour porpoise, Common dolphin, ... For example, Harbour Porpoise are a shallow water species, most commonly found swimming ... Stranded porpoise slowly healing: biologists - Sep 3, 2008 Canada.comThe young harbour porpoise, rescued from Gonzales Beach early last week and rushed to the Marine Mammal Rescue Centre at Vancouver Aquarium, ... Climate change 'species threat' - Aug 31, 2005 BBC NewsPollution and reduced food could accelerate the decline of the harbour porpoise, a common sight off the east Antrim coast and the Foyle Estuary. ... Sad end for porpoise that swam upstream. - Jan 21, 2006 Free with registration - Europe Intelligence Wire - AccessMyLibrary.comThe 30-stone body of the young adult harbour porpoise (Phocoenidae Phocoena) was found by pub landlord Guy Wilkins 23 miles upriver along the River Severn's ... Census of Marine Life brings hope of revival to the seas - May 25, 2009 Times OnlineHuge schools of harbour porpoise chased shoals of fish so thick they darkened the water, while common dolphins filled the inland waters. ... Countryside News Working beauty of Anglesey - Dec 18, 2007 WalesOnlineThey include Harbour porpoise surveys, sustainable toilets in Newborough Forest, path improvements, creation of a nature reserve, enhancements to the RSPB ... Nets kill thousands of marine mammals - WWF - Jun 9, 2005 Independent OnlineInnovations include attaching acoustic alarms to nets which annoy marine mammals; a method that has reduced harbour porpoise deaths in the Gulf of Maine. ... Baltic Sea bridge project set for go-ahead - Dec 13, 2009 The GuardianZoologists have warned that the habitats of the harbour porpoise and other mammals that frequent the waters of the Fehmarnbelt will be disturbed, ... Porpoise turns up in harbour during whale watching event - Sep 2, 2008 Bray PeopleThe Harbour Porpoise is one of the smallest ocean mammals, which stays close to coastal areas and as such is the most familiar porpoise to whale watchers. ... Study spots hundreds of dolphins - Apr 2, 2005 BBC NewsThe species recorded were harbour porpoise, common dolphin, bottlenose dolphin, risso's dolphin, long-finned pilot whales and the white-beaked dolphin. Just when we thought you could grow petrol by the acre . . . - Jul 31, 2006 Times Online...frequent the shipping routes, but several at-risk species, such as the bottlenose dolphin and harbour porpoise, have been spotted there intermittently. ... 'Don't push stranded dolphins into the sea' - Aug 20, 2009 WalesOnlineThe unusual call comes after the attempted rescue of a harbour porpoise found washed up on White- sands Beach, Pembrokeshire, earlier this week. ... Freshwater flows - May 13, 2005 The HinduThe list of endangered species does not end there; two types of clams, the harbour porpoise, the jaguar, the desert pupfish and the Yuma clapper rail are ... Whale watchers scan Welsh waters - Aug 12, 2006 BBC NewsIt's a great place to spot harbour porpoise, bottlenose dolphins and minke whale." Ms Nuuttila also recommends the Lleyn Peninsula, Cardigan Bay and ... Bottlenose dolphins may be attacking other species over food shortages - Sep 3, 2008 Telegraph.co.uk..."But we have recently begun to see an increase in the numbers of young and female harbour porpoise that have clearly been attacked by bottlenose dolphins ... Article: GIRL KILLED IN COCAINE HORROR; 60 drug pellets found in … - Feb 10, 2007 Pay-Per-View - Liverpool Echo - HighBeam ResearchArticle: First record of the harbour porpoise, phocoena phocoena (Cetacea: ... Aqua: journal of ichthyology & aquatic biology; April 1, 2006 ; 700+ words . ... Companies apply for oil licences - Jun 20, 2006 BBC News..."The harbour porpoise is particularly important, particularly of Strumble Head. It's an area where this species is known to move and to breed and to feed ... Stranded porpoise rescued on North Coast - Mar 12, 2009 Coleraine TodayThe young adult harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena had surfed onto a rocky breakwater and was trapped some 10 feet above the water, contorted and distressed ... Fishing nets a grave global threat to marine mammals - Jun 14, 2005 Malaysia StarInnovations include attaching acoustic alarms to nets which annoy marine mammals – a method that has reduced harbour porpoise deaths in the Gulf of Maine. ... Police probe shooting of porpoises - Apr 4, 2008 Bridlington TodayThe first harbour porpoise was discovered, still bleeding, by a member of the public at ... l The harbour porpoise, sometimes known as the common porpoise, ... The perfect storm - Oct 2, 2006 Telegraph.co.ukJust before Hot Springs Cove, harbour porpoise came by and our guide pointed out a black bear rummaging on a pebble beach. The hot springs were very hot and ... Huge new population of Irrawaddy dolphins discovered in Bangladesh – ... - Aug 12, 2008 Wildlife ExtraSimilarly, the Atlantic humpback dolphin and West African population of Clymene dolphin along with the North West African population of harbour porpoise are ... Humpback whales recovering, other cetaceans edging towards extinction - Nov 8, 2008 Wildlife ExtraThe Black Sea harbour porpoise is Endangered by fishery bycatch and a rapidly deteriorating habitat. Photo: Pavel Gol'din. • Data Deficient: no evaluation ... Jumping through hoops to keep watch on dolphins - Mar 21, 2009 Irish TimesI like this month's report to the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group (www.iwdg.ie), about a young harbour porpoise that took a leap too far at Portstewart in Co ... Beauty can't save them. Maybe we can - Feb 2, 2007 The HeraldOther common species in-shore around Scotland include the harbour porpoise and the bottle-nosed dolphin. The porpoise can be missed by the untrained eye as ... jumping for joy… and also for insanity-based reasons - May 1, 2008 Macleans.caIf memory serves, it's whichever one sounds more like the mad cackle of Satan himself blended with the mating call of a harbour porpoise.) ... Get your binoculars out - Aug 12, 2005 Pay-Per-View - Essex Chronicle Series - Factiva, from Dow JonesThe Marine Laboratory at Burnham on Crouch has also been examining remains of a harbour porpoise found dead off the Essex coast and the Zoological Scoiety ... New sites join World Heritage List - Jun 26, 2009 Sydney Morning Herald..."It is home to numerous plant and animal species, including marine mammals such as the harbour seal, grey seal and harbour porpoise." ... Rescue alert over Thames porpoise. | Article from The Evening... - Apr 12, 2006 Pay-Per-View - Evening Standard - HighBeam ResearchThe harbour porpoise - initially thought to have been a dolphin - was later sighted upstream at Barnes. In recent days it was seen off Chiswick, Putney, ... Marine parks will protect dolphins and whales - Nov 12, 2009 Telegraph.co.ukDavid Norman, Director of Campaigns at WWF UK, said endangered British species like the spiny seahorse, Atlantic salmon, harbour porpoise and killer whales ... Dovercourt: Baby porpoise found on beach - Jul 7, 2009 Harwich and Manningtree StandardA BABY harbour porpoise had to be put down after it was found stranded on a beach. The calf, thought to be less than a month old, was discovered by dog ... Was porpoise spooked by runway work? - Apr 17, 2009 Isle of Man TodayAlthough most live stranded harbour porpoises are already sick, the harbour porpoise that stranded last Tuesday was assessed as healthy and returned to the ... Wildlife by boat and by foot - Jan 20, 2009 easier.comLater, travel through the Southwest Approaches in to the English Channel, keeping watch for Basking Shark, Bottlenose Dolphin and Harbour Porpoise before ... Dolphin disaster: Why we must learn from this before it's too late - Jun 11, 2008 Daily MailSince 1913, it has catalogued every such beaching incident, even down to the smallest harbour porpoise (one of which was found in Southampton Water this ... Little porpoise will help scientists learn more about species - Jul 15, 2008 Chinook Observer - Chinook Observer (subscription)PENINSULA - This newborn harbour porpoise was found dead on the beach north of the Cranberry approach on Monday, July 7. It was retrieved at the request of ... FISHERIES: EP COMMITTEE STANDS BY BALTIC DRIFTNET BAN. - Sep 17, 2005 $4.95 - European Report - ECNext..."It is thought that this harbour porpoise population could be extinct in as little as 20 years if urgent action is not taken to prevent their deaths in ... South Wales Echo Letters Please keep an eye out for 'beautiful'... - Aug 11, 2008 WalesOnlineMy partner and I also found a dead harbour porpoise – on the beach west of Cardiff barrage on Wednesday, July 30 – smaller, and maybe younger, with one hole ... Nature reserve 'boost' for island - Dec 6, 2008 BBC NewsSightings of common, bottlenose and Risso's dolphins and harbour porpoise have also been recorded. The island is also a place of historical importance, ... Dead rare dolphin and whale found - Sep 2, 2008 BBC News..."However, we have recently begun to see an increase in the numbers of young and female harbour porpoise that have clearly been attacked by bottlenose ... Dolphin birth: Amazing photos - May 22, 2008 Telegraph.co.ukThe Dolfinarium is home to sixteen dolphins and six harbour porpoise. As well as hosting dolphin displays it acts as a rehabilitation centre, ... Marine Bill safeguards wildlife - Nov 26, 2009 BBC NewsThe coast is also home to seals and the harbour porpoise. "We can't continue to commercially fish, to abuse our environment without safeguarding some of ... Concern over dolphin strandings - Feb 27, 2008 BBC NewsIn the past two weeks Cornwall Wildlife Trust's (CWT) Marine Strandings Network team have attended strandings of nine common dolphins and a harbour porpoise ... Record sightings of marine life - Nov 19, 2009 BBC NewsThis breaks down as; Common dolphin: 458, Harbour porpoise: 171, Basking shark: 79, Bottlenose dolphin: 27, Ocean sunfish: 22, Minke whale: 13, ... Protected zones will help to save Britain's marine wildlife - Sep 9, 2009 The GuardianThese are the Atlantic salmon, whose numbers have been falling for 30 years; the pink sea fan, an exotic-looking horny coral; the harbour porpoise, ... Philip Hoare book extract: 'Seeing whales turned me back into a boy' - Jul 4, 2009 Times Online...a catalogue of complexity and colour: from the tiny harbour porpoise to the great rorquals — from the Scandinavian for reed or furrowed whale, ... Whale watching: Telling tails out of school - Feb 11, 2008 Telegraph.co.ukJuly and August are the best months to see common dolphin. Atlantic grey seal pups are born and seen in September. The harbour porpoise is present all season. Saving our seas - Jun 14, 2009 The GuardianOther marine species under threat include skate and the harbour porpoise. Sarah Jones, WWF's fisheries expert, says: "This isn't just a threat to ocean ... Where to see bottlenose dolphins - Oct 13, 2009 BBC NewsHarbour porpoise - which are smaller than dolphins - also live here, along with the Atlantic Grey Seal and scores of seabirds. ... Britain failing to protect wildlife – EU - Jul 14, 2009 Telegraph.co.ukIn the UK only 6 per cent of important habitats like heathland and only 23 per cent of threatened species like the harbour porpoise or fritillary butterfly ... porpoise -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia - Jun 20, 2008 Subscription - Encyclopedia BritannicaBest known of these is the harbour porpoise, P. phocoena, a shy cetacean that generally avoids boats and rarely leaps above the water. ... Hunt for Great White continues - on safari - Aug 3, 2007 Falmouth Penryn PacketCommon dolphin, Bottlenose dolphin, White beaked dolphin, Rissos dolphin, Harbour porpoise, Grey Atlantic Seals, Basking sharks and Ocean Sunfish, ... Article: Porpoise visits the ship canal.(News) - Liverpool Echo... - May 12, 2006 Pay-Per-View - Liverpool Echo - HighBeam ResearchThe 5ft long harbour porpoise was first spotted yesterday morning and is now being monitored by marine experts. A spokesman for the British Divers Marine ... Huge seizure of illegal fishing nets - Dec 6, 2005 Pay-Per-View - Western Morning News - Factiva, from Dow JonesThe largest of the nets measured 500 metres and contained a dead harbour porpoise. Harbour porpoise are regular visitors to St Austell Bay, where they feed ... 'Don't push stranded dolphins into the sea' Surprise advice after... - Aug 20, 2009 Pay-Per-View - Western Mail - HighBeam ResearchThe unusual call comes after the attempted rescue of a harbour porpoise found washed up on Whitesands Beach, Pembrokeshire, earlier this week. ... Article: Rescue alert over porpoise in the Thames. - The Evening … - Apr 12, 2006 Pay-Per-View - Evening Standard - HighBeam ResearchThe harbour porpoise was later sighted upstream at Barnes. In recent days it was seen off ... Read all of this article with a FREE trial ... Observation Deck; in association with fish4homes Memorable home for … - Jul 11, 2007 Pay-Per-View - Liverpool Echo - HighBeam ResearchThe 5ft long harbour porpoise was first spotted yesterday morning and is now being monitored by marine ... Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England) ... Article: Joint bid for wind farms.(News) - Evening Chronicle (Newcastl... - Jul 24, 2008 Pay-Per-View - Evening Chronicle - HighBeam ResearchWords: harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena, acoustic perception, masking, auditory evoked potentials, North Sea, offshore wind turbines Introduction The ... Experts monitor carcass of large whale washed up on Barry seashore. |... - Sep 2, 2009 Pay-Per-View - Western Mail - HighBeam ResearchFour species are seen regularly around Wales - the harbour porpoise, bottlenose, common and risso dolphins. The orca and minke whale are rarer visitors. ... Searching for the mighty Fin - Sep 8, 2005 Pay-Per-View - West Briton - Factiva, from Dow JonesThese included Harbour Porpoise, Common Dolphin, Bottlenose Dolphin, Long-Finned Pilot Whale, Minke Whale and the beautiful White-beaked dolphin, ... Rescued harbour porpoise to stay at aquarium - Jul 30, 2009 Vancouver SunDaisy, a young harbour porpoise rescued from Gonzales Beach last summer, doesn't have the skills to be Travel: Global treasures - Aug 1, 2009 Summit Daily NewsThe area harbors marine mammals such as the harbour seal, grey seal and harbour porpoise. It is also a breeding and wintering area for up to 12 millions Chance to learn about county's wildlife - Aug 4, 2009 Great Yarmouth MercuryEducation manager David North said: “We are mapping the distribution of sea-holly, grayling butterfly, harbour porpoise and yellow horned-poppy with its Search for alcohol prompts complaint - Jul 29, 2009 Metro Canada - VancouverA harbour porpoise calf found in bad shape near Victoria last year has recovered, but will continue living at the Vancouver Aquarium because she didn't Britain failing to protect wildlife – EU - Jul 13, 2009 Telegraph.co.ukIn the UK only 6 per cent of important habitats like heathland and only 23 per cent of threatened species like the harbour porpoise or fritillary butterfly Environment Agency in plea over River Ouse porpoise sightings - Jul 10, 2009 The Press in YorkThe harbour porpoise is notoriously hard to study and there are serious gaps in experts' knowledge. The Environment Agency's Martin Fuller said: “What we'd Joy, grief, altruism... these extraordinary mammals show 'human ... - Jul 30, 2009 Daily MailI've seen many different species, from the tiny harbour porpoise, barely bigger than a rugby ball, to the huge fin whale, which, at 85ft, British marine wildlife at risk - Jul 22, 2009 Practical Fishkeeping...“WWF's Marine Health Check has shown no improvement in the status of iconic species such as the harbour porpoise since the year 2000,â€? said WWF Marine Choral, sun and surf for Girls Choir - Jul 14, 2009 Coff's Coast AdvocateTHE Australian Girls Choir has completed their tour of Coffs Harbour with a performance at the Big Banana. The 56 girl strong choir was hosted in Coffs Picnic in the park - Jul 18, 2009 Times and Transcript...and of ocean vistas that often include bald eagles, sea and shore birds, and marine mammals such as harbour porpoise, harbour and grey seals, Children Learn 'Save Our Seas' Message - Jul 14, 2009 isleofman.comThe Cool Seas inflatable models (Basking Shark, Bottlenose Dolphin, Harbour Porpoise, Grey Seal and pup, Leatherback Turtle, Minke Whale and Great White Dolphin experts need your help - 21 Feb 2009 Aberdeen Press and Journal,She estimates there are around 130 bottlenose dolphins in the area, living among other species like whitebeaked dolphins, harbour porpoise and minke whales. Rescued porpoise beating the odds - Feb 18, 2009 Vancouver Sun,The young harbour porpoise was rescued from Gonzales Beach in August by area resident Tracey Mellor after she found it stranded. Wales is one of the best places to spot whales and dolphins - Feb 10, 2009 WalesOnline,He said: “Most people are surprised to find that we have some of the best populations in the world of harbour porpoise and common dolphin here in Wales. Renewables role for oil industry - Oct 29, 2008 BBC News,Harbour porpoise and seals were the most likely to be affected by equipment set up in shallow waters. Ms Dolman said: "We have to be very aware of where to Cornwall says save our dolphins - Oct 22, 2008 Falmouth Penryn Packet,Harbour porpoise in gillnet, Environment Agency Caption: Donate to the dolphin pinger appeal to help save Cornwall’s dolphins. Harbour porpoise found Porpoise recovering - Sep 26, 2008 The Gazette (Montreal),A young harbour porpoise rescued from Gonzales Beach in Victoria four weeks ago is swimming on her own and playing with toys in the pool at Vancouver Trefriw man guilty of selling porpoise skull on eBay - Sep 20, 2008 North Wales Weekly News,YOU can sell your house, life or virginity on eBay, but not a harbour porpoise, a Trefriw man has found to his cost. Christopher Mellenchip, 44, of Top Road Emaciated porpoise calf gains strength - Aug 29, 2008 Vancouver Sun,A harbour porpoise calf that is clinging to life at the Vancouver Aquarium after she was found emaciated on a Victoria beach appears to have gained a bit of RARE RESCUE OF HARBOUR PORPOISE AT VANCOUVER AQUARIUM’S MARINE ... - Sep 3, 2008 TravelVideo.tv (press release)Vancouver, BC – Staff and volunteers at the Vancouver Aquarium’s Marine Mammal Rescue Centre continue to care for a rescued harbour porpoise calf. Porpoise turns up in harbour during whale watching event - Sep 2, 2008 Bray People,The Harbour Porpoise is one of the smallest ocean mammals, which stays close to coastal areas and as such is the most familiar porpoise to whale watchers. Dead rare dolphin and whale found - Sep 2, 2008 BBC News,..."However, we have recently begun to see an increase in the numbers of young and female harbour porpoise that have clearly been attacked by bottlenose Dolphin serial killers? - Sep 5, 2008 New Scientist (subscription),The photo above shows the rake marks on a harbour porpoise caused by a bottlenose dolphin. The killings were first reported from the north-east coast of Irish waters 'teeming with whales' with three sightings this week - Sep 18, 2008 Irish Times,The IWDG holds its annual conference this weekend on the smallest whale, the much mhara or harbour porpoise, in Killiney, Co Dublin. Fisheries minister details new mataitai - Sep 11, 2008 Southland Times,By DYLAN THORNE - The Southland Times | Friday, 12 September 2008 A new mataitai reserve over waters within Waikawa Harbour, Porpoise Bay, Curio Bay and the Unusual whale and dolphin wash up on the Scilly Isles - Sep 1, 2008 Wildlife Extra,However, we have recently begun to see an increase in the numbers of young and female harbour porpoise that have clearly been attacked by bottlenose New Mataitai reserve for Waikawa / Tumu Toka in Southland - Sep 10, 2008 Scoop.co.nz (press release),A new mätaitai reserve over waters within Waikawa Harbour, Porpoise Bay, Curio Bay and the lower section of the Waikawa River is to be established, CHRONICLE INTERNET EXCLUSIVE - At last the truth about the Menai ... - Aug 29, 2008 North Wales Chronicle,..."The grey seal and harbour porpoise are common around here and both of these could be prey for sharks," he said. The full article contains 319 words and Bann fish attract aquatic visitor - 14 Aug 2008 BBC News,Afternoon shoppers rushing across the Millennium footbridge in the town centre stopped in their tracks when they noticed a harbour porpoise in the River Greenpeace vessel places granite boulders on seabed to protect ... - 14 Aug 2008 7thSpace Interactive (press release),The area is known as an important breeding and nursery area for the harbour porpoise and is also an important feeding ground for both common seals and grey Please keep an eye out for ‘beautiful’ harbour porpoises - Aug 11, 2008 WalesOnline,My partner and I also found a dead harbour porpoise – on the beach west of Cardiff barrage on Wednesday, July 30 – smaller, and maybe younger, with one hole Porpoise latest marine stranding - Jul 31, 2008 BBC News,More than half were the Harbour Porpoise, such as the one at County Down over the weekend. This is commonest cetacean around Northern Ireland's shores. Humpback whales reap benefits of hunting bans - Aug 12, 2008 The Canberra Times,...was now the ''main threat'' to these species. Those being particularly hard hit also include the Black Sea harbour porpoise and the western grey whale. AP. Look at what I found when I went fishing! - Aug 2, 2008 WalesOnline,A RARE harbour porpoise has been found washed up at a popular fishing spot in Cardiff. Keen angler Joseph Gamlin, of Rumney, Cardiff, spotted the animal Porpoise wash up off California waters - Aug 4, 2008 Independent Online,The National Marine Fisheries Services cites 13 harbour porpoise deaths in 2007 and 26 in 2006. The Marine Mammal Centre rescues up to 800 ill, Greenpeace makes big splash in bid to stop trawling - Aug 12, 2008 Scotsman,..."The harbour porpoise population is one of the most threatened species of whale and dolphin in Europe, and giving protection to this species was one of the Going Wild In The Country - Jul 26, 2008 Glasgow Sunday Mail,Tony said: "En route we point out Minke whales, dolphins, harbour porpoise, basking sharks and seals." He uses an RIB - a rigid hulled inflatable boat Porpoise may have been shot - Mar 28, 2008 Halifax Evening Courier,The body of the harbour porpoise was discovered by a walker at the beach near the Spar theatre. Sgt Chris Hine said: "The porpoise is a protected species Body on the beach: it's not Dave - Apr 22, 2008 Kent News,A spokesman for the British Divers Marine Life Rescue confirmed that the body found was that of a harbour porpoise, not a Bottlenose dolphin. Police probe shooting of porpoises - Apr 3, 2008 Bridlington Today,By Jodie Beecroft The first harbour porpoise was discovered, still bleeding, by a member of the public at 6pm last Wednesday on the beach near Bridlington It's official - carcass found on beach isn't Dave - Apr 21, 2008 Kent Online,Trevor Weeks, a national co-ordinator with the British Divers Marine Life Rescue, said: "It turned out to be the body of a dead Harbour Porpoise, Porpoise deaths 'not malicious' - Apr 23, 2008 Beverley Guardian,The first Harbour Porpoise, found with a head wound on a Bridlington beach, near the Spa Theatre, was found to have died "as a result of by-catch". Porpoise body found at Suffolk estuary - Feb 13, 2008 The Lowestoft Journal,A HARBOUR porpoise has been found dead on the shore of a Suffolk estuary - the latest of several similar discoveries in the past few months. Dolphins Become Vicious Murderers - Jan 25, 2008 Environmental Graffiti,A dolphin kills a harbour porpoise in Scotland. Image by Peter Asprey But it appears that beneath the friendly exterior of a dolphin beats the heart of a Whale watching: Telling tails out of school - Feb 11, 2008 Telegraph.co.uk,July and August are the best months to see common dolphin. Atlantic grey seal pups are born and seen in September. The harbour porpoise is present all Un-Common Dolphin Stranded in Barnstaple - Feb 1, 2008 Wildlife Extra,A few weeks ago there were reports of a Harbour Porpoise stranding in the same area. ‘The cause of death of both animals is unclear, but it is possible that Porpoise deterrent wins UK Smart Gear Award - Nov 20, 2007 Fish Update,Porpoise Deterrent’, an idea which draws on the harbour porpoise’s echolocation system to protect the mammal from getting caught up in fishing nets. WWF hits ar further delay for Marine Bill - Nov 6, 2007 Fish Update,Research by WWF has shown that of 16 key marine species and habitats, 13 are in decline including the harbour porpoise, common skate and native oyster. An end to man's destruction of the 'web of life' - Oct 21, 2007 Scotsman,The waters of the Small Isles are one of the most heavily-used feeding areas in Scotland for minke whales and harbour porpoise. Waterford Wildlife Nov 1, 2006 Bottlenose Dolphin was recorded at Ardmore on the 30th September and Harbour Porpoise was seen in the same place on the 03rd October when a Minke Whale was ... - Waterford Today, Rescued whale's health worsens Jan 21, 2006 Another northern bottle-nosed whale was seen on Friday in the Thames estuary, and on Saturday the body of a dead harbour porpoise was found upstream at Putney. ... Advertiser Adelaide, Legend of the London Whale: Lost and in distress, its plight ... Jan 21, 2006 A dead harbour porpoise was found at Putney yesterday, by what appeared to be coincidence, although there was speculation that it might have been frightened ... Independent, How early hope turned to despair Jan 21, 2006 ...drama. However, it later turned out the whale was in fact a male - and its supposed 'baby' an adolescent harbour porpoise. 'These ... The Observer, [an error occurred while processing this directive] archives | news | XML / RSS feed | featured
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