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Team Frees Endangered Right Whale Caught in Fishing Lines off Florida... - Dec 30, 2008 Washington PostBy Juliet Eilperin. A team of federal, state and nonprofit marine mammal experts managed to free a critically endangered right whale this weekend off the ... Japanese museum has 'world's oldest' right whale fossil - Jul 4, 2007 USA TODAY - USA TodayTOKYO (AP) — Researchers say a museum in central Japan has right whale fossils that are at least 5 million years old, making them the oldest fossilized ... Federal Research Boat Hits Right Whale off Mass. - Apr 22, 2009 ABC NewsEndangered whale off Mass. coast is struck by boat from agency tasked with protecting species. By JAY LINDSAY Associated Press Writer. The Associated Press ... The Fall and Rise of the Right Whale - Mar 17, 2009 New York TimesSUNNIER DAYS A North Atlantic right whale and calf off Florida. The whale remains endangered, but its population has more than tripled in a century. ... Albino southern right whale calf named Wilgi Manung - Aug 26, 2008 NEWS.com.auA RARE albino whale calf exciting tourists off the coast of Augusta in Western Australia has been named Wilgi Manung, the local indigenous words for white ... 'Whale riders' reveal evolution - Sep 20, 2005 BBC NewsThe study gives an estimate of when a single species of right whale diverged into three different species. "The genetics of whale lice show conclusively ... OMB Hits the Brakes on Right Whale Rule - Aug 14, 2007 Washington PostBy Cindy Skrzycki. The international shipping industry, in a battle of leviathans, is asking the White House to water down a proposed federal rule requiring ... Ship Strike May Have Killed Right Whale - Jul 25, 2006 FOXNewsCAMPOBELLO ISLAND, New Brunswick — It appears that a ship strike could be the cause of death of an endangered right whale after it was discovered in waters ... The 'value' of protecting whales - Jun 26, 2008 BBC NewsAt which Mr Bush concludes: "The right whale? Sounds like the wrong whale to ... Valuing nature in dollar terms might result in the right whale being saved. ... Right whale found dead off Cape Cod - May 1, 2005 Boston GlobeBy Michael Levenson, Globe Correspondent | May 1, 2005. A 20-ton, 48-foot North Atlantic right whale found moldering on South Monomoy Island off the coast ... US Navy Sued Over Anti-Sub Training Range Where Rare Whales Calve - Jan 28, 2010 Environment News ServiceKnown right whale nursery areas are in these shallow, coastal waters. ... In 1994, the National Marine Fisheries Service designated as right whale critical ... Whale deaths on East Coast trigger alarm - Jan 13, 2005 msnbc.comA dead North Atlantic right whale was spotted off the coast of Georgia on Wednesday ... Last month, the federal fisheries agency, which oversees right whale ... Evidence of right whales found off Greenland - May 21, 2009 USA TODAY - USA TodayThe North Atlantic right whale is protected under the US Endangered Species ... Hunting the right whale, which can grow to 55 feet long and weigh more than ... Rescuers risk lives to save whale entangled in huge lobster trap - Oct 12, 2007 Times OnlineThe southern right whale became entangled after swimming into a line of ropes ... The southern right whale freed this week was spotted over the weekend but ... El Niño Events Affect Southern Right Whale Breeding Success - Jan 24, 2006 Environment News ServiceCAMBRIDGE, UK, January 24, 2006 (ENS) - Global climate processes are affecting the number of calves produced by southern right whales in the South Atlantic, ... Crew rescues North Atlantic right whale - Sep 5, 2009 Boston GlobeThe right whale was entangled in synthetic rope, which the rescue team was able to remove. (Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies/Noaa Permit 932-1905) ... North Atlantic Right Whale Given Less Than 100 Years - Jul 25, 2005 Environment News ServiceBOSTON, Massachusetts, July 25, 2005 (ENS) - The North Atlantic right whale faces extinction within the next 100 years if the current mortality rates ... Researchers hope to perform autopsy on rare right whale - Mar 29, 2007 Boston GlobePORTLAND, Maine --Researchers hope to eventually recover the carcass of a rare right whale that died of unknown causes in the Gulf of Maine. ... Mattapoisett couple reconstructs giant skeletons for museums bone by ... - Aug 27, 2006 Boston GlobeMuseum officials said that reconstructing the right whale skeleton would cost about ... The pair began assembling the skull of the right whale in April. ... Majestic picture of a close encounter with a right whale - Sep 26, 2008 Telegraph.co.ukBy Paul Eccleston. And hunt them they did - in their thousands - in the north east Atlantic and then off the coast of north America to the point of ... The Fall and Rise of the Right Whale - Mar 16, 2009 New York TimesEfforts to protect the whales are costly. Surveying alone costs hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, said Barb Zoodsma, a NOAA biologist who coordinates ... Dela-whale River - A wayward beluga somehow made its way from the … - Apr 13, 2005 $2.95 - Philadelphia Inquirer - NewsBankThat December, a stray dubbed Waldo the Wrong-Way Right Whale spent 10 days in the ... Researchers from New England Aquarium's Right Whale Research Project ... Article: Researcher Makes Spotting the Right Whale Look Easy - The … - Jan 21, 2007 Pay-Per-View - Washington Post - HighBeam ResearchResearcher Makes Spotting the Right Whale Look Easy ... find The Washington Post articles. Marilyn Marx's view of the water is spectacular. Photo in the News: Endangered Whale Killed by Ship - Jan 8, 2010 National GeographicJanuary 3, 2007—Scientists inspect the body of a two-year- old male right whale on the northern Florida coast on December 31. Slashed repeatedly by a ship's ... Endangered whale calf found dead in Florida - Jan 23, 2006 CTV.caAn endangered North Atlantic right whale calf was found dead Sunday off Florida's ... Another right whale calf was reported dead off Jacksonville on Jan. ... Quarter of world's whales and dolphins face extinction - Aug 12, 2008 Telegraph.co.ukAnd the southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) has also moved to Least Concern. "Humpbacks and southern right whales are making a comeback in much of ... Evidence of right whales found off Greenland - May 22, 2009 The GuardianThe North Atlantic right whale is protected under the US Endangered Species ... Hunting the right whale, which can grow to 55 feet long and weigh more than ... Spate of right whale deaths triggers alarm - Jan 13, 2005 Boston GlobeBy David Abel, Globe Staff | January 13, 2005. A 40-foot-long Northern right whale was found dead yesterday off the coast of Georgia, the second carcass of ... Whale Birth Decline Tied to Global Warming, Study Says - Jan 19, 2010 National GeographicResearchers found a strong correlation between the number of right whale calves born and changes in sea-surface temperature in the autumn of the preceding ... Whale-Protection Cuts Sought - Aug 26, 2008 Washington PostFranklin, the NOAA spokesman, said that about 83 percent of right whale sightings are within 20 nautical miles of shore. Within 30 miles of shore, ... Another right whale killed by ship - LiveScience- msnbc.com - Jan 4, 2007 msnbc.comA rare North Atlantic right whale was lacerated multiple times and killed by a ship off the Georgia coast last week, causing scientists to again sound the ... Scientists seek whale rights-of-way - Aug 19, 2005 Globe and MailScientists are recommending go-slow zones for ship traffic in their race to save the North Atlantic right whale from extinction. ... Right whale freed from ropes off Georgia coast - Feb 12, 2009 Atlanta Journal ConstitutionBy MARK DAVIS. Federal and state workers on Thursday freed a North Atlantic right whale that had become entangled in ropes off the Georgia coast. ... Most Endangered Whale Gets Protection - Jul 6, 2006 FOXNewsA right whale was spotted last summer in the Gulf of Alaska. Smith said both areas in the Gulf of Alaska and the Bering Sea are important areas for ... Whale watching in South Africa - Feb 6, 2010 Telegraph.co.ukThe southern right whale is a gentle, bulbous creature that grows up to 56ft long and ... Somewhat poignantly, it was named the right whale because it was ... Delay in ruling on endangered right whales criticized - Apr 30, 2008 FOXNewsWASHINGTON — An attempt to protect the endangered right whale from being killed ... "The North Atlantic right whale is one of the most critical endangered ... US told to protect right whale right now - Jun 16, 2005 San Francisco ChronicleA federal judge says the government has dragged its feet for too long on protecting the Pacific right whale -- the most imperiled whale species -- and must ... Endangered right whale suffers a deadly 2006 - Jan 8, 2007 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Google News ArchiveBy SUSANNE RUST com .As 2006 came to a close, so did the year's tally of dead North Atlantic right whales: six docu mented deaths. ... Signs lend hope for the right whale's recovery Record births, and... - Mar 18, 2009 Pay-Per-View - International Herald Tribune - HighBeam ResearchAnd there, below, were a right whale mother and her new calf, barely breaking ... It has been illegal to hunt the right whale since 1935, when the League of ... Rare whale spotted off Florida - Jan 2, 2010 UPI.comThe endangered species called the right whale was spotted by fisherman Bob Heil, ... The North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium says there are just 350 right ... … EDITORIAL: Give right of way to the right whale.(Editorial) -... - Aug 21, 2006 Pay-Per-View - Virginian-Pilot - HighBeam ResearchEDITORIAL: Give right of way to the right whale.(Editorial) ... find Virginian-Pilot ... 21--The right whale is a marine giant, 50 feet long and 70 tons. Kerry pushes for federal right whale rule to be released - Apr 24, 2008 Boston GlobeThe US Senate Commerce Committee today passed a bill to force the federal government to better protect endangered North Atlantic right whale from ship ... Rescuers say whale freed Fishing gear, ropes removed - Jan 1, 2005 Pay-Per-View - Atlanta Journal Constitution - Factiva, from Dow JonesTwenty-six days after a fishing crew spotted a right whale in the Atlantic ... Barb Zoodsma, a right whale recovery coordinator for the National Oceanic and ... Southern right whale frolicks among surfers - Sep 15, 2009 NEWS.com.auA SOUTHERN right whale was caught on camera near Knights Beach, Port Elliot, frolicking very close to surfers. Teenage surfer Jack Creevy snapped the ... Researcher Makes Spotting the Right Whale Look Easy - Jan 21, 2007 Pay-Per-View - Washington Post - ProQuest ArchiverSince 1985, when she began studying the foraging and feeding behaviors of right whales in Cape Cod Bay, [Marilyn Marx] has been an integral part of a small ... A Northern right whale and her calf are spotted near Corpus Christi - Jan 18, 2006 $2.95 - Fort Worth Star-Telegram - NewsBankTwo Northern right whales, one of the rarest of all marine mammals, were seen Monday swimming across Corpus Christi Bay. ... The right stuff: Anatomy of a whale rescue - Jan 7, 2005 CNN InternationalA young right whale named "Yellow Fin" can swim free again after some high-seas ... Alerting commercial ships to right whale movements during the critical ... Little peck of whale can tell the tale - Aug 13, 2008 Sydney Morning HeraldA southern right whale and her calf frolicking off the coast delighted Sydney ... Their research is part of the Federal Government's southern right whale ... Canadian lobster gear nearly caused whale to drown: US agency - Jan 5, 2010 Canada.comOne of the animals, born in 2007 and known only as "calf of right whale ... "Scientists typically document one or two entangled right whale cases in the ... Female southern right whale off Scarborough, Trigg Beach - Aug 18, 2009 NEWS.com.auCLOSE ENCOUNTER: A large humpback whale has entertained onlookers at Scarborough Beach. Picture: Kerris Berrington Source: The Sunday Times ... Ships asked to avoid whale route - Oct 11, 2007 BBC NewsThe endangered right whale is to get extra protection after a safe haven from ... The right whale is named as such because whalers considered them the ... Article: Give right of way to the right whale.(Local)(Editorial) -... - Aug 21, 2006 Pay-Per-View - Virginian-Pilot - HighBeam ResearchGive right of way to the right whale.(Local)(Editorial) ... find The Virginian Pilot articles. The right whale is a marine giant, 50 feet long and 70 tons. Some big whales recovering since 1980s hunt ban - Aug 13, 2008 Reuters UKThe southern right whale, found in the southern hemisphere, and the common minke whale, living in the North Pacific and North Atlantic, were shifted down to ... Scientists sedate, untangle giant whale at sea - Mar 16, 2009 Boston GlobeFor the first time, a severely entangled North Atlantic right whale has been given ... The injured right whale was sighted east of Brunswick, Ga., on Jan. ... Right whale of a time - Aug 11, 2007 NEWS.com.auTHIS rare beauty shocked German backpackers when it breached near their boat off the coast of Port Stephens this week. The 80 tonne southern right whale put ... Whale tours feeling squeezed by US rules - Sep 4, 2005 Boston GlobeRegulations are particularly stringent for the right whale, a species nearly hunted to extinction in previous centuries. The rule requiring boats to stay at ... Article: The object of her jealousy is a right whale - The Record... - Jan 15, 2006 Pay-Per-View - The Record - HighBeam ResearchThe object of her jealousy is a right whale ... find The Record (Bergen County, NJ) articles. MARY CAROLE McCAULEY, The Baltimore Sun The Record (Bergen ... Rare whale saved at Walvis Bay - Jan 19, 2010 The NamibianA RARE pygmy right whale (Caperea marginata) got stranded just south of the ... The pygmy right whale is one of the least-known whales in the world. ... "Whale Lice" Genes Offer Clues to Whale Evolution - Dec 30, 2009 National GeographicThe right whale was once a single species, but changes in land formations ... A small population of a different species of right whale lives in the northern ... Mass. lobstermen promote practices as whale safe - Jul 2, 2008 FOXNewsThe right whale population stands at only 350 to 400. Massachusetts, which made the change to sinking rope in 2007, is the only state to draft such measures ... Beyond the harpoon - whale saving begins at home - May 11, 2007 BBC NewsThe endangered North Atlantic right whale subsists off the northeast coast of ... Take the case of the North Atlantic right whale, a species that has not ... Article: The object of her jealousy is a right whale - The Record... - Jan 15, 2006 Pay-Per-View - The Record - HighBeam ResearchThe object of her jealousy is a right whale ... find The Record (Bergen County, NJ) articles. MARY CAROLE McCAULEY, The Baltimore Sun The Record (Bergen ... Whale Collisions Spur Call for Speed Limits at Sea - Jul 21, 2005 National Geographic..."The right whale is now in an extremely precarious position, as it appears that deaths are exceeding births." Kraus is the lead author of "Right Whales in ... US oil drilling plan threatens world´s most endangered whale - Apr 11, 2008 央视国际...oil and gas drilling in an area of the Bering Sea considered important for the recovery of the North Pacific right whale, the world's most endangered. ... Whale Collisions Spur Call for Speed Limits at Sea - Dec 29, 2009 National GeographicLast year 28 North Atlantic right whale calves were born, ... For example, when large ships enter two key right whale habitats off the US East Coast, ... Holland America has a whale of a program. - Sep 11, 2006 Free with registration - Chicago Tribune - AccessMyLibrary.comThese proposed measures are adapted to right whale seasonal occurrence in each area, as well as to commercial ship traffic patterns and navigational ... Article: Ocean 'highway' rerouted for right whales.(USA) - The... - Jul 9, 2007 Pay-Per-View - Christian Science Monitor - HighBeam ResearchThe North American right whale is in trouble and could face extinction in the ... Of all known right whale deaths since ... regulations to protect right ... Whale Advocates Gain Victory - Jul 18, 2008 Washington PostA rare North Atlantic right whale dives in Cape Cod Bay near Provincetown, Mass. (By Stephan Savoia -- Associated Press). By David A. Fahrenthold ... Right whales put on heartening show - Mar 27, 2009 Boston GlobeProvincetown Center for Coastal Studies/NOAAThis right whale image was taken in Cape Cod ... In 1935, the League of Nations outlawed right whale hunting, ... Northern right whale found dead off coast - Jan 12, 2005 Boston GlobeA female northern right whale was found dead Monday off the coast of Nantucket, the Coast Guard said. There are only an estimated 300 northern right whales ... It's a whale of a project - Feb 4, 2006 Pay-Per-View - Orlando Sentinel - ProQuest Archiver...[Sheila McKenney] and Cindy Kelly keep an eye on the surf from Flagler Beach pier as part of the right whale survey project. JOE BURBANK/ORLANDO SENTINEL A ... Whale found Saturday was injured before death. | Article from... - Apr 3, 2007 Pay-Per-View - Virginian-Pilot - HighBeam Research...death. ... find Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA) articles. Byline: Kristin Davis Apr. 3--A months-old male right whale found floating 22 miles off Cape Hatt... New Brunswick, Canada, is clean and friendly with awesome whale … - Jan 24, 2010 The SunThere's even an English boozer, the Right Whale Pub & Grill. We were in St Andrews for the whale-watching so we headed into town. ... Right whale newborn found on Fla. beach - Jan 27, 2008 UPI.comORMOND-BY-THE-SEA, Fla., Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Researchers are looking for the reason a newborn North Atlantic right whale with umbilical cord still attached ... Hopes grow for an Atlantic whale's return | Article from International... - Mar 18, 2009 Pay-Per-View - International Herald Tribune - HighBeam ResearchAnd there, below, were a right whale mother and her new calf, barely breaking ... It has been illegal to hunt the right whale since 1935, when the League of ... Right whale emergency - Aug 1, 2005 Boston GlobeIN THE days of Moby Dick, men nearly hunted the North Atlantic right whale to extinction. Now Harpoon is just a Boston brewery, but the killing goes on. ... Right Whale Stranded Off Crystal Coast Dies - Jan 29, 2009 WNCTA right whale that was stranded on a sandbar just south of the Cape Lookout National Seashore has been euthanized. By Philip Jones | Reporter ... Wintering area may be ID'd for right whale - The Boston Globe - Jan 1, 2009 Boston GlobeThree North Atlantic right whales were visible at the surface on Jordans Basin in the Gulf of Maine, while a fourth whale is visible just below the surface ... US research boat hits right whale off coast - Apr 23, 2009 Boston GlobeA federal research vessel struck a right whale, a member of an endangered species, just off the coast of Massachusetts, but officials said the injuries did ... Federal Register 2006 - 71 FR 36299 Endangered Fish and Wildlife; … - Jun 26, 2006 Pay-Per-View - Federal Register 2006 - LoislawSUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background The North Atlantic right whale ... Knowlton and Kraus (2001) documented 41 right whale deaths from 1970 to 1997, ... … : A photographer's very close encounter with a majestic right whale - Sep 26, 2008 Daily MailThis is the amazing moment when a 50-ton right whale decided it needed to take a closer look at a ... Four right whale species are recognised in this genus. ... US government seeks comment on proposed right whale habitat. - Nov 1, 2005 Free with registration - America's Intelligence Wire - AccessMyLibrary.comThe US government has proposed that the Bering Sea outside Bristol Bay and part of the Gulf of Alaska southeast of Kodiak become critical habitat for the ... Rescuers Fail to Free Entangled Whale off US Coast - Dec 11, 2009 National GeographicLast week, a female right whale calf was found belly up in the waters off Long Island, the victim of a boat propeller that had sliced fatally into her back. ... Scientists sedate giant whale at sea - Mar 11, 2009 Boston GlobeThe first was right whale Churchill (remember him) in the summer of 2001 off ... For the first time, a severely entangled North Atlantic right whale was ... Ocean 'highway' rerouted for right whales - Jul 9, 2007 Christian Science MonitorThe main impetus was to help the right whale, whose numbers have dropped to about 400 ... That rate of loss is enough to make a species like the right whale ... System uses sound to find whales, avoid ship strikes - May 7, 2008 USA TODAY - USA TodayThe right whale was hunted nearly to extinction in the late 18th century, and the death ... Everything on the boat stopped when a female right whale who had ... Some fear Navy sonar may harm Fla.'s right whales - Mar 13, 2009 FOXNewsThe right whale is among the world's most endangered mammals. Hain and other researchers believe there are only about 300 to 350 of them remaining and a ... Whale-watching: tails from South Africa - Oct 29, 2008 Telegraph.co.ukThe prime place to spot the southern right whale is off the Walker Bay coast where they come to calve during South Africa's winter season: July to November. ... Whale baby boom cheers scientists - Jul 1, 2005 msnbc.com..."Twenty-eight right whale mother-calf pairs makes this one of the best years in a ... But a lot can happen to right whale calves before they reach maturity. ... … Aquarium team responds to second live right whale stranding in NC - Feb 2, 2009 Virginian-Pilot - Virginian PilotRescuers responded last week to a second live right whale stranding in North Carolina ... 16, a live right whale newborn was stranded off the coast of Avon, ... Buoys help ships steer clear of right whales - Nov 14, 2008 Christian Science MonitorRight whale calls were intercepted by buoys equipped with hard drives to record the sounds. ... Analysts must sift the right whale calls from other noise. ... Dolphin may sink right whale to become state symbol - Feb 7, 2009 Post And Courier - Google News Archive...bonuses during the worst eco nomic downturn South Caro lina has seen in decades. And, of course, container ships that use the port now must slow down near ... Georgia coast right place for whale breeding this winter - Mar 19, 2008 Atlanta Journal ConstitutionShe's northern right whale No. 1243, sighted this winter off the coast of Georgia. ... Still, the "big picture" for the right whale remains uncertain, ... Whale bones turn up at Matagorda Island - Feb 20, 2008 Houston ChronicleNorthern right whale — One of the rarest whales in the world. ... Texas' only documented stranding of a northern right whale occurred near Surfside in 1972. ... Rare white calf in whale pod - Aug 12, 2008 NEWS.com.auMore than 40 southern right whale calves have been born since the season began in May. Locals believe up to a further 10 calves may have been born since the ... Beached whale killed with explosives - Sep 15, 2005 Sydney Morning HeraldA policeman attaches explosives to the head of a southern right whale that was stranded on Mnandi Beach near Cape Town. Marine biologists used explosives to ... The scent of a whale - Jun 19, 2006 Boston Globe...``The dogs' incredible sense of smell is allowing us to study the secrets of an animal as elusive as the right whale," said Rosalind Rolland, a senior whale ... Whale Takes Detour in Delaware River - Apr 12, 2005 FOXNewsA right whale — named Waldo the Wrong-Way Right Whale by Philadelphians — straggled into the Delaware River (search) in 1995. The whale beached itself at an ... Navy Moves Forward on Sonar Facility Despite Concerns About Whales - Oct 23, 2005 Pay-Per-View - Washington Post - ProQuest ArchiverAsked why the right whale was not mentioned as a potential problem at the ... The exact migration patterns of the North Atlantic right whale are not well ... THE FALL AND RISE OF THE RIGHT WHALE - Mar 22, 2009 $2.95 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - NewsBankST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. -- The biologists had been in the plane for hours, flying over the calm ocean. They had seen dolphins, leatherback turtles and a ... Cuts on calf's back blamed on boaties - 06 Aug 2009 Northern AdvocateA southern right whale and her injured calf have been spotted off the Tutukaka Coast, and boaties have been asked to give them space. Right Whale Protections Ignored by Navy Warfare Training Plans - Aug 5, 2009 EcoWorldlyAccording to Earthjustice, the Navy plans to start construction of the undersea warfare training range at a location next to the North Atlantic right whale Conservationists concerned for right whales - Jul 31, 2009 Charleston Post CourierThe Navy is poised to build an undersea sonar training grid in the Southeast, despite environmentalists' concerns for its threats to the right whale and A whale of a day near the Farallones - Jul 12, 2009 San Francisco ChronicleIn the course of 3 1/2 hours, Sherman reported the following sightings: Six orcas, two humpback whales, one gray whale, 500 Northern right whale dolphins, Right whale saved from deadly entanglement - Jul 12, 2009 Examiner.comFor the first time ever, a North Atlantic right whale that had been severely entangled in fishing gear, was administered a sedation mixture that made it Doing the right thing for our whales - Jul 29, 2009 Canada.comTheir name was bestowed on them by early whalers, who considered them the "right" whale to hunt because they are large, swim slowly and often close to shore Lobstermen say sinking line “just doesn't workâ€? - Aug 4, 2009 Working WaterfrontThe rope became mandatory in April to protect the endangered North Atlantic Right Whale from line entanglement, though Southwest Harbor fisherman Thomas Southern right whale mum and baby just cruising north - Jul 22, 2009 Auckland stuff.co.nzThe southern right whale and calf visiting Rodney's east coast continue to cause a stir. Marine photographers and authors Tony and Jenny Enderby of Leigh Returning Right Whales May Be Hurt by Arctic Ice Break-up - Jul 21, 2009 EcoWorldlyIt is estimated that collisions with ships cause one third of all Right Whale deaths world-wide. In 2007 and 2008, marine researchers tracked over 2000 PUERTO MADRYN, Argentina - Jul 30, 2009 Wall Street JournalNEARBY: The World Heritage Site PenÃnsula Valdés is home to many marine mammals, including elephant seals, orcas and the endangered southern right whale; In the belly of a whale - Jul 30, 2009 Old Colony Memorial and Plymouth BulletinThe story of Delilah – the endangered right whale was who struck and killed by a passing vessel – was told with an unusual visual tool Whale of a time at Elliston - Jul 27, 2009 Port Lincoln TimesUP CLOSE: This southern right whale and her calf have been spotted just mere metres off the Elliston jetty. FROLIC: The southern right whale and her calf Rare sighting for whale watchers - Jul 26, 2009 Sunshine Coast DailyA rare Southern Right Whale has made a surprise appearance in Moreton Bay – a long way north of its usual migration haunts. Whale watchers on Tangalooma Leviathan or, The Whale by Philip Hoare - Aug 1, 2009 guardian.co.ukYet within these pages is so much information, from the size of sperm whale's brain (bigger than ours) to the size of a right whale's balls (far, The Complete Guide To: Whale & dolphin watching - Jul 17, 2009 Independent...the narwhal whale and the North Atlantic right whale – are classified as endangered by the World Conservation Union (iucnredlist.org). Whale watchers may save species - Jul 10, 2009 The Southland TimesOrdinary whale watchers are being called upon to help crack the genetic code of the southern right whale and possibly prevent its extinction. The Banality of Extinction - Aug 2, 2009 True/SlantThe North Atlantic right whale is commercially extinct by the mid-1700s. The slow-swimming cetacean is hunted for its meat, yes, but also for its oil, A Most Awesome Species - Jul 16, 2009 East Hampton StarWith only 4000 individuals in its western Atlantic population, the species is listed as endangered, as is its related cetacean, the right whale, We're over the hump, right? Off peak guests arrive in time - Jul 12, 2009 Warrnambool StandardThe Department of Sustainability and Environment had reported humpback and southern right whale sightings from Geelong to Portland. Public urged to keep their distance from whales - Jul 26, 2009 NEWS.com.auSeveral whales have been spotted near Perth in the past week, including a southern right whale and calf off Ocean Reef over the weekend. Take time to vote for the Bay of Fundy - Aug 4, 2009 Times and TranscriptThis includes over half of the population of the endangered North Atlantic right whale, several other species of whale, fish, harbor porpoise, Florida sonar range still years away - Jul 29, 2009 United Press InternationalTimes-Union said Wednesday the range is about 20 miles from known right whale migration routes, but questions remain as to how far sonar noise travels Whale sightings wanted by Doc - Jul 12, 2009 Otago Daily TimesThe research would show if there were genetic similarities or differences between southern right whale populations in New Zealand and the sub-Antarctic Killer whales attack southern right calf - Jul 16, 2009 Warrnambool StandardLIKE a scene from a David Attenborough documentary, killer whales hunted a baby southern right whale in Port Fairy bay. Eyes open for migrating whales - Jul 13, 2009 Auckland stuff.co.nzSince May 2003 an average of 70 southern right whale sightings have been reported each season. "Hopefully with the public's continued help we will be able Explorers set to kick off Albany oil search - Jul 26, 2009 The West AustralianA long-delayed oil and gas exploration program targeting waters off Albany, near breeding grounds for the southern right whale, is set to finally get Gas project 'won't disturb whales' - Jul 28, 2009 ABC Online...and we've purposely avoided carrying out this survey during the period in which the southern right whale, in particular, are known to be present." Whale wonder at Winkipop - Jul 30, 2009 Geelong AdvertiserAnglesea surfer Kaine Hazle triumphantly threw his hands in the air as the fins of a southern right whale surfaced within arm's reach at Winkipop yesterday Fin whale impaled on cruise ship - Jul 27, 2009 Sustainable Shipping (subscription)...area in the Great South Channel off the US East Coast to reduce the relative risk of right whale ship strikes by an estimated 74% during April to July. Roll up to Logans and you'll see a show - Jul 24, 2009 Warrnambool StandardTHEY might have been slow to arrive but the south-west's southern right whale population is now putting on a reliable show. Shark mural raises angry response - Jul 21, 2009 Marlborough ExpressThe work was intended to highlight the plight of the endangered species, however those concerned said a southern right whale would have been more in keeping Sound Solution: New Detection Technologies May Help Protect Whales - Jul 16, 2009 Scientific AmericanCollisions with ships continue to be the leading cause of human-induced casualties for the North Atlantic right whale, an endangered population that is Whales harrassed - Jul 29, 2009 Auckland stuff.co.nzBoaties are harassing the southern right whale and her calf seen off Omaha Beach during the weekend by getting too close, says Conservation Department Massachusetts Extreme Pelagic - Jul 21, 2009 MaineToday.comWhen the trip leaders identified it as a Critically Endangered Northern Right-Whale, it was even more exciting. Unfortunately, the excitement and glee soon Dead fish a mystery - Jul 20, 2009 Auckland stuff.co.nzThey could also have been scared ashore by the southern right whale and calf off Rodney's east coast, seen late last week at Waiwera. Officials to visit Japanese sister city - Jul 17, 2009 Warrnambool StandardAS the southern right whale tourist season starts in Warrnambool, the city's two municipal leaders will fly out to a country where whale More than just black flies, bogs, rocks and trees - Jul 16, 2009 Ottawa CitizenLast month, it issued a recovery strategy for the endangered North Atlantic right whale, which included identifying the 80-tonne mammal's critical habitat NEW WHALE SIGHTINGS COULD OPEN UP NEW TOURISM INDUSTRY IN SOUTHERN ... - Jul 12, 2009 Patagonia TimesBiologists in recent months have been surprised to discover that the Southern Right Whale, which previously had been sighted only in Argentine waters, Matinicus resident says ban on lobstering punishes the innocent - Jul 22, 2009 Bangor Daily NewsThe summer's low prices and high costs, including the new cost of replacing floating ropes with right whale-friendly sinking ropes, have left many islanders Whale and calf visit Waiwera - Jul 16, 2009 New Zealand HeraldA southern right whale and its calf are attracting lots of attention in Waiwera, north of Auckland. The whales have been in the area for about a week and University of Florida's veterinary school a research powerhouse - Jul 26, 2009 MiamiHerald.com...was part of a team that performed the historic rescue of a North Atlantic right whale, an endangered species that had been severely entangled in fishing Chinese plan to build WA's first steel mill - Jul 26, 2009 WA Business News (subscription)Business: A long-delayed oil and gas exploration program targeting waters off Albany, near breeding grounds for the southern right whale, is set to finally Charles Oliver: It couldn't happen here? - Jul 14, 2009 The Daily CitizenShip strikes are the leading human cause of death for the Atlantic right whale. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is charged with What's happening on the Cape - July 16-23 - Jul 16, 2009 Cape Cod TimesLearn about the differences between whales and fish; make a driveway drawing and label a Right Whale. $10. 508-945-2493. Summer Story Hour: Kids, Red Bay gets funding to help prepare for cruise ship visits - Jul 17, 2009 St. John's TelegramIn recent years, the town has increased its activity in tourism-related projects such as the Right Whale Exhibit, the Boney Shore, and Tracey's Hill Walking FLORIDA IN BRIEF - Aug 3, 2009 Sarasota Herald-TribuneEnvironmentalists from Florida and Georgia had opposed the training area fearing it could hurt the endangered right whale. The Navy finalized the decision "Peak Civilization": The Fall of the Roman Empire - Jul 21, 2009 The Oil Drum...by end 19th century, it is estimated that in the Oceans there were only 50 females left of the species that was most hunted: the "right whale. åŠ éƒµè¼ªç½•è¦‹æ’žæ»å·¨é¯¨ - Jul 26, 2009 香港新浪網...一般來說，ç?°é¯¨ï¼ˆGrey Whale）和露脊鯨（Right Whale）經常和船隻相撞。 「深è—?公主號ã€?周å…早上駛入溫哥è?¯æ¸¯å?£ï¼Œå?ªæ˜¯çŸæš«å?œç•™ï¼Œç•¶å¤©ä¸‹å?ˆå°±æœƒé›¢é–‹æº«å“¥è?¯æ¸¯è¿”å›žé˜¿æ‹‰æ–¯åŠ æ¸©å“¥å?Žæ¸¯æƒŠçŽ°ç¦»å¥‡â€œäº¤é€šæ„?外â€? 巨鲸惨æ»é‚®è½®èˆ¹å¤´ä¸‹(图) - Jul 26, 2009 环球华报...一般æ?¥è¯´ï¼Œç?°é²¸ï¼ˆGrey Whale）和露脊鲸（Right Whale）ç»?常和船å?ªç›¸æ’žã€‚ 「深è“?公主å?·ã€?周å…早上驶入温哥å?Žæ¸¯å?£ï¼Œå?ªæ˜¯çŸæš‚å?œç•™ï¼Œè®¡åˆ’当天下å?ˆ4æ—¶å?Šç¦»å¼€æ¸©å“¥å?Žæ¸¯å°±è¿”回 [an error occurred while processing this directive] archives | news | XML / RSS feed | featured
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