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Harbour PorpoiseArchive of news articles on external web sites. For mongabay-specific articles, please see http://www.mongabay.com/xml-list.html
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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