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Do the Right Whale Thing - 27 Sep 2008 RedOrbit,During repeated trips to that country, the British filmmaker learned that the Mirning have a "dreamtime connection" with the southern right whale, Whale of a time out at sea with leviathans of the deep - 27 Sep 2008 Weekend Post,The name is derived from the days of whaling, when this species of orca was considered to be the “right� whale to hunt, on account of the copious amount of Majestic picture of a close encounter with a right whale - Sep 26, 2008 Telegraph.co.uk,Since then the north Atlantic right whale has been engaged in a long and slow recovery to a population now of about 350-400. A research team from Boston's Pictured: A photographer's very close encounter with a majestic ... - Sep 26, 2008 Daily Mail,By Daily Mail Reporter This is the amazing moment when a 50-ton right whale decided it needed to take a closer look at a wildlife photographer and his Southern Right Whale numbers boom but recovery weaker off Victoria - Sep 26, 2008 The Standard - Warrnambool,WORLD southern right whale populations are booming despite the species being listed as critically endangered in Victoria. The whales' global classification whale play delights tourists - Sep 24, 2008 NEWS.com.au,A SOUTHERN right whale thrilled cruise passengers by taking a leisurely break in the River Derwent off Sandy Bay yesterday. The whale was spotted cavorting Bush wants to expand marine protections in Pacific - Sep 26, 2008 The Associated PressIn his comments Friday, Bush noted a life-size model of a right whale in the museum and said his administration has sought to help protect these endangered Cooperation helps save rare whales - Sep 25, 2008 Mount Desert Islander,She is also a scientific advisor for the Canadian Whale Institute and a co-chairman of the North Atlantic Right Whale Recovery Team. Whale Protection Rule Clears White House, 573 Days Later - Sep 25, 2008 OMB WatchThe White House has finally given approval to a rule that would protect the North Atlantic right whale, one of the planet's most critically endangered Hobart treated to whale sighting - Sep 20, 2008 ABC Online,A Southern Right whale has made a rare appearance in the River Derwent in Hobart. The whale was first noticed yesterday morning off Tranmere, flapping its Rare whale frolics in Eastern Bay - Sep 25, 2008 The Daily Post,...by Anita Moran The Department of Conservation (DOC) has confirmed a whale seen swimming near Ohope Beach was a southern right whale. Troubled waters: Did we really save the whale? - Sep 19, 2008 Independent,The North Atlantic right whale will probably go the same way by the end of the century. Yet, amazingly, there are beaked whales or ziphiids – deep-diving The Majesty of the Whale - Sep 23, 2008 BlueFlipper Diving,New England is also home to the North Atlantic right whale, which is so-called because its blubber-rich body floats when dead and was thus the 'right' whale Making a Splash: Smithsonian Unveils $49-Million Sant Ocean Hall - Sep 26, 2008 Washingtonian.com,A life-size model of a North Atlantic right whale named Phoenix hangs from the ceiling and appears to be swimming as a dozen video screens around it play CU and DEC Discover Whales By NY Harbor - Sep 25, 2008 Cornell University The Cornell Daily Sun,These findings indicate that programs designed to reduce the risk of whale-ship collisions may be worthwhile, especially since the northern right whale is President Bush Discusses US Ocean Action Plan - Sep 26, 2008 Whitehouse.gov (press release),And then people are going to come here and they're going to be amazed to see a 45-foot replica of a female Right Whale. There are fewer than 400 North Whales Change Frequency To Beat Noisy Ocean? - Sep 23, 2008 Divemaster,After conducting her own research on the North Atlantic right whale in Canada’s Bay of Fundy, Parks compared recordings of North Atlantic and South Atlantic The five most endangered whales - Sep 19, 2008 Independent,North Atlantic right whale. Fewer than 350 animals. Given such a small gene pool, scientists fear for its survival. One possible solution may be to NYC: Whales ahoy! - Sep 26, 2008 Chico News & Review,Researchers reported hearing the endangered fin and humpback, as well as the North Atlantic right whale (pictured). Conducted by Cornell’s Bioacoustics Whale of a time with the Welly name game - Sep 25, 2008 Mercury,But the overwhelming public vote resulted in the southern right whale being dubbed Wellington -- or Welly for short. Heart 107.3FM radio host Brett Marley Navy looks at building sonar range off coast - Sep 23, 2008 Florida Times-Union,The Navy has consulted with the National Marine Fisheries Service since the proposed sonar range is in the migration path of the North Atlantic right whale A Whale of a Tale - Sep 14, 2008 The Epoch Times,By Emma-Kate Knezevic A southern right whale flips its tail – an amazing sight at this time of year. (Anna Zieminski/AFP/Getty Images ) Every year, Slowing Ships To Protect North Atlantic Right Whales - Aug 30, 2008 Science Daily (press release)The 10-knot speed limit would apply to right whale feeding grounds along the coast in the northeastern United States and to calving grounds near the Endangered whales might change shipping rules at SC ports - Sep 20, 2008 Beaufort Gazette,It provided pagers to ship captains to communicate with theCoast Guard whenever a right whale is spotted. It also contributed $25000 to a Cornell University Just a few hundred of these giants survive along the coasts of ... - Sep 15, 2008 National Geographic,Heavy irony is embedded in the common name, right whale, given by whalers who declared them the right whales to kill. Favoring shallow coastal waters, Whales make splash in EL - Sep 12, 2008 Dispatch Online,...“Southern Right whale numbers are a lot fewer but they tend to stick around longer and are quite curious and friendly.� Barry said Humpback whales headed Leviathan tangled in your nets? Mackie Greene’s your man. - Sep 4, 2008 Christian Science Monitor,If you’re a Canadian fisherman and there’sa 70-ton North Atlantic right whale thrashing about in your net – threatening itself and your crew – who are you Lecture on Protection of Right Whales Scheduled - Sep 10, 2008 Ellsworth American,Brown’s talk is titled “Process, Politics and Prevarication: Challenges in Vessel/Right Whale Separation Schemes.� According to Brown, Canada has taken a Sant Ocean Hall - Sep 25, 2008 Washington Post,Hanging from the ceiling, she's a 45-foot replica of a North Atlantic right whale. But not just any old North Atlantic right whale. Whales vs. ships - Sep 16, 2008 Charleston Post Courier,The right whale is a legend of the Atlantic, a huge, 40-ton creature that whalers nearly wiped out in the 19th century. Fewer than 400 are known to exist, Ocean Hall - Sep 24, 2008 Rock Hill Herald,A North Atlantic right whale model entitled "Phoenix" is seen in the new Sant Ocean Hall in the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington Groups sue feds to protect whales - Sep 17, 2008 Florida Today,...“The North Atlantic right whale is desperately in need of protection, yet the administration sits on its hands while critically endangered right whales Government wants slower ship speeds to aid whales - Sep 9, 2008 Anchorage Daily News (subscription),On the other side of the continent, the North Pacific right whale is believed to be on certain road to extinction. That gloomy scenario brightened somewhat Have a whale of a time in South Africa - Sep 22, 2008 Easier (press release),...is home to some of the world’s best whale watching and until the end of November visitors have the chance to see the impressive Southern Right Whale. Cape Cod provides a sanctuary for whales - Sep 14, 2008 The National,He has had a few more glimpses of the North Atlantic right whale, of which there are only an estimated 300 to 350. Each of the great oceans has its own Return of the Geeks - Sep 3, 2008 Mother Jones,But if science is a right whale, the Bush administration is a container ship doing 25 knots. The White House stalled, and continues to stall, New rule would slow port traffic to save whales - Sep 17, 2008 TheDigitel,An Atlantic Northern Right Whale and her calf. Only some 300 are believed to be left in the Atlantic. Port officials and operators are none to happy about a Community Conscious Vacations Offered at Fairmont Hotels & Resorts - Sep 8, 2008 MarketWatchThe Fairmont Algonquin in St. Andrews, New Brunswick has adopted a Right Whale, to promote protection of this incredibly endangered species, of which only Protecting a sea creature - Aug 30, 2008 Las Vegas Sun,The North Atlantic right whale earned its name because it was once considered the “right whale� to hunt. A notoriously slow swimmer, it was an easy target. News in Brief - Sep 26, 2008 Georgetown University The Hoya,The 23000-square-foot space holds a colorful array of over 650 marine specimens, the precise replica of a 45-foot-long North Atlantic right whale, Our Salt Marshes are dying; A Whale Santuary; RI Ferry hits ... - Sep 16, 2008 Cape Cod Today,He has had a few more glimpses of the North Atlantic right whale, of which there are only an estimated 300 to 350... The National. Moby Lives - Aug 29, 2008 Wired NewsBy Bruce Sterling August 29, 2008 | 2:26:55 AM A rare albino Southern Right Whale calf at West Australia's Flinder's Bay is seen in this handout photo New Sant Ocean Hall Opens At Smithsonian Museum - Sep 16, 2008 HULIQ (press release),Seven-foot-tall prehistoric shark jaws, a 24-foot-long giant squid suspended in a fluid-filled tank and a model of a 45-foot-long North Atlantic right whale Leviathan, Or The Whale - Sep 10, 2008 Metro,The male Right whale has a 2.5m long penis; a sperm whale has a 8.5kg brain; while the narwhal species feel such affinity for each other that when one loses Andorra, Kandinsky And Cheryl`s Vagina - Sep 8, 2008 Football365.com,..."He looks like a right whale, Mark. A southern right whale, I believe, which is mostly found in the Atlantic off the Cape." "My eyes, look at the tattoos on Ocean Noise Hurting Marine Life Large Ships Disrupting Hearing of ... - Sep 17, 2008 KPBS,In 2006 the National Marine Fisheries Service proposed a rule that would limit ship speeds to reduce ship strikes with the endangered right whale in the Where & When: What to Do This Weekend - Sep 24, 2008 Washingtonian.com,It features the seven-foot-tall jaws from a prehistoric shark, a 45-foot-long full-scale model of a North Atlantic right whale, and a 24-foot-long giant Navigating the minefield of naughty words - Sep 21, 2008 Edmonton Sun,So we cannot write, without approval, "The right whale has the largest balls in the world, each weighing 500 kg, or 1110 pounds." Instead: "Wow, did you see Researchers capture whales' songs off Jones Beach - Sep 17, 2008 Newsday,Songs ranged from the distinctive "moo" of the endangered right whale to "a magnificent aria" sung by humpback whales, which Clark called the "prima donna" Protection for right whales scaled down - Sep 2, 2008 Legalbrief (subscription),...end more than a year of wrangling between federal fisheries scientists and the White House over new measures to protect the North Atlantic right whale. [an error occurred while processing this directive] archives | news | XML / RSS feed | featured
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