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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 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 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 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, 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. 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 Whyalla watches whales - Aug 28, 2008 Whyalla News,Simon Clark from the Department for Environment and Heritage said the Head of Bight was one of Australia's largest and most consistent Southern right whale About face: Humpbacks head for home - Sep 3, 2008 Thursday Magnet,Also on Tuesday just outside Boydtown was a Southern Right whale. “Southern Rights are normally found near the Great Australian Bight, sightings are Andorra, Kandinsky And Cheryl`s Vagina - Sep 8, 2008 Football365.com,A southern right whale, I believe, which is mostly found in the Atlantic off the Cape." "My eyes, look at the tattoos on him. He's like a symphony of brutal Whale watching from horseback in South Africa - Aug 29, 2008 Easier (press release),Visit Hermanus, the most famous area in the world for whale watching and see Bryde's Whales, Humpback Whales, Killer Whales, and the Southern Right Whale, Police monitor Derwent whale - Sep 23, 2008 Mercury,It is believed to be a southern right whale and was first spotted in the river yesterday. It is currently in the waters between Manning Reef and Wrest Point Humback whales make a comeback - 15 Aug 2008 People & the Planet,The southern right whale population has also begun to recover - the number of these is believed to have doubled from 7500 in 1997. Little peck of whale can tell the tale - Aug 12, 2008 The Canberra Times,It's 1.40pm and Rob Harcourt and his small boatload of researchers are just a stone's throw away from a rare southern right whale and her newborn calf. Some big whales recovering since 1980s hunt ban - Aug 13, 2008 Reuters UK,By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent OSLO (Reuters) - Some large whale species such as the humpback, minke and southern right whale are recovering Rare whale calf spotted near Augusta - Aug 12, 2008 The West Australian,Naturaliste Charters skipper Peter Simpson and his boss Steve Mitchell spotted the Southern Right Whale over the past four days. “It was pretty spectacular Seals come in to rest, whales about as well - Aug 12, 2008 Gisborne Herald,Southern right whale adults are on average 14.5 metres long and mostly black. They can be identified by the lack of a dorsal fin, a V-shaped blowhole spray Right time, right whale - Jul 31, 2008 Daily Telegraph,A SOUTHERN right whale and her calf have delighted beachgoers as they passed through Tamarama and Bondi, frolicking with surfers just metres from shore. 4 killed in protest over road block - Aug 12, 2008 Seattle Times,It also said the southern "right" whale was making a comeback. Mideast: A severe cash shortage gripped the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip on Monday as tens of Trawler holed in encounter with whale - Aug 6, 2008 Independent Online,..."It's a Southern Right whale that seems to be in good health. We haven't determined her age yet," he said. Klopper said he had heard of similar incidents, Mum and calf have whale of a time at Bondi - Jul 30, 2008 Sydney Morning Herald,A baby southern right whale breaches beside its mother while swimming past Dover Heights this afternoon.. Locals and tourists at Bondi today were treated to A whale of a time on Bondi Beach, Sydney - Jul 31, 2008 ITN,Sydney residents enjoyed a rare spectacle when a mother Southern Right Whale and her calf swam up to a local city beach. Surfers, keen to get close to the AP Top News at 7:54 am EDT - Aug 12, 2008 TMCnet...of Nature _ the producer each year of a Red List of threatened species _ also upgraded the status of the southern "right" whale from vulnerable. AP Top News at 10:18 am EDT - Aug 12, 2008 TMCnet...of Nature _ the producer each year of a Red List of threatened species _ also upgraded the status of the southern "right" whale from vulnerable. Early spotting of southern right whale off the PE coast - Apr 24, 2008 The Herald Eastern Cape,A SOUTHERN right whale was spotted off the Port Elizabeth coast yesterday, an unusual sighting as the whales usually only arrive here in June. Waking up with whales in South Africa - Apr 3, 2008 Times Online,An annual catch of around 300000 tonnes of krill – a Southern right whale food source – is rising to 750000 tonnes and new factory ships are being built to Amazement as 'lucky' whale works free of rope - Apr 4, 2008 Independent Online,By Caryn Dolley A team of rescuers spent nearly two hours trailing a young "thrashing and thumping" southern right whale entangled in ropes and a crayfish Species monitoring seen helping slow extinctions - Apr 9, 2008 Scientific AmericanSpecies monitoring seen helping slow extinctions A Franca Austral whale, also known as the Southern Right whale, performs a tail slap just off the shore of An undersea adventure - Feb 16, 2008 MetroWest Daily News,Other film "stars" include the sperm whale, short-finned pilot whale, beluga whale, Risso's dolphin, killer whale, common dolphin, southern right whale, Andy Goldsworthy & Ouattara - Jan 30, 2008 The Times,Especially when your investments are evaporating at an alarming rate as the stock market dives faster than a hungry Southern Right whale. The toxic legacy of plastic bags - Jan 24, 2008 ABC Online,...other marine debris are a direct threat to 20 marine species, including the loggerhead turtle, southern right whale, blue whale and tristan albatross. Whale with an itch creates a flap in Milford Sound - Nov 1, 2007 Stuff.co.nz,SCRATCH THAT ITCH: Sightseers were puzzled by the antics of a Southern Right Whale who appeared to be doing headstands at the entrance to Milford Sound. Whale takes calf sightseeing in harbour - Nov 11, 2007 Sydney Morning Herald,And while Sydney Harbour often plays host to the humpbacks' cousin, the southern right whale, it was also the first time in about two decades a humpback Unusual Southern right whale sighting - Oct 31, 2007 Scoop.co.nz,Visitors in Milford Sound had an extraordinary treat this week when a rare Southern right whale surfaced unexpectedly near their vessel. Whale with an itch creates a flap in Milford Sound - Nov 1, 2007 Stuff.co.nz,SCRATCH THAT ITCH: Sightseers were puzzled by the antics of a Southern Right Whale who appeared to be doing headstands at the entrance to Milford Sound. Sighting of rare whale - Oct 24, 2007 Stuff.co.nz,The sighting of a rare southern right whale near Tata Beach made the long weekend even more special for a holidaying Motueka family. Rescuers risk lives to save whale entangled in huge lobster trap - Oct 11, 2007 Times Online,Lifeboat crews and marine workers risked their lives to cut free a southern right whale that had become entangled in a deadly cat’s cradle of ropes and South Africa: Keeping Coast Whale-Friendly 'Is a Priority' - Oct 11, 2007 AllAfrica.com,On Tuesday, marine rescue officers battled to free a 9,75m Southern Right whale entangled in nets. Mike Meyer of Marine and Coastal Management (MCM) said Up close with a monster of the deep - Oct 14, 2007 Stuff.co.nz,By MATT CALMAN - The Dominion Post | Monday, 15 October 2007 WHALE OF A TIME: A diver takes a closer look at the Southern right whale off Wellington's Monster comes calling at Taylors Mistake - Oct 23, 2007 Stuff.co.nz,Adams said he believed it may have been a southern right whale. Southern right whales, or tohora, are distinguished by a long arching mouth that begins Giant visitor 'a little scary but pretty cool' - Oct 17, 2007 Stuff.co.nz,Mr Anderton spent up to an hour swimming with the southern right whale, which has graced Wellington's south coast since Sunday. It would disappear beneath Wide-eyed rescuers' free Willy - Oct 10, 2007 Independent Online,...rescuers were left "very wide-eyed" on Tuesday after three hours of struggling in Kalk Bay to free a thrashing Southern Right whale entangled in ropes. 'We don't know yet if the whale is hurt' - Oct 9, 2007 Independent Online,She said that while positive identification had yet to be made, it was believed the whale is a southern right whale. "Right now the NSRI and police water Marine Bioblitz uncovers biodiversity bonanza - Oct 28, 2007 Scoop.co.nz,Another highlight of the Bioblitz was the appearance of two species of whale – an orca and a southern right whale. Heather Anderson says the Bioblitz Whale of a time - Oct 10, 2007 iAfrica.com,It is not every day you get a chance to see the Southern Right whale in its natural habitat, and I did not want to be nursing a queasy stomach when I did. Crack team of marine life rescuers free whale from lobster nets - Oct 11, 2007 Scotsman,A HUGE southern right whale was rescued this week after becoming entangled in fishing nets off South Africa. A special Whale Disentanglement Network team South African rescuers risk their lives to save an entangled whale - Oct 11, 2007 DeeperBlue.net,A Southern Right whale measuring 10 metres became entangled a huge lobster trap, off the coast of Cape Town in False Bay. Rescuers battled to avoid the Whale freed from fishing ropes - Oct 8, 2007 ABC Regional Online,A southern right whale that became tangled in fishing ropes off Phillip Island, in south-east victoria, has been freed by wildlife rescue crews. WHALE LOSS - Oct 10, 2007 Warrnambool Standard,WARRNAMBOOL'S tourism operators have taken a multi-million-dollar hit after the city missed out on its southern right whale season. NPWS thanks rescuer - Oct 18, 2007 Bega District News,...the co-operation and assistance provided by Tony Rettke of Tathra Surf Life Saving Club in the recent disentanglement of the southern right whale. Seismic test slam - Oct 11, 2007 Warrnambool Standard,It follows a wipe-out of the city's lucrative southern right whale season, with only snatches of the mammals seen off Logans Beach. Tempo Holidays Latin America 2008 brochure launch - Oct 18, 2007 e-Travel Blackboard (press release),...deepest canyon in the world and the four-day Valdes Peninsula (from $427) itinerary focuses on local marine wildlife including the Southern Right Whale. Second entangled whale spotted - Aug 15, 2007 The Herald Eastern Cape,Earlier this week, the centre called on the public to be on the lookout for a southern right whale which had become entangled in ropes. whale of a time - Aug 10, 2007 Daily Telegraph,The 80 tonne southern right whale put on a show for the boat audience before diving back down into the deep blue. "They are pretty rare, I'm out in the Unusual port visitor causes a stir - Jul 26, 2007 Tarankai Daily News,A southern right whale swam around the harbour off Ngamotu Beach for a couple of hours yesterday, delighting lunchtime diners. The 12-metre whale would have Whale frolics at Logans Beach - Aug 7, 2007 Warrnambool Standard,A young, relaxed southern right whale dazzled onlookers from Warrnambool's whale viewing platform with the magnificent display. The performance came a week Giants of the deep surface in our Surf Coast waves - Aug 7, 2007 Geelong Advertiser,The timing of the whales' visit coincided with the first sighting of a southern right whale at Logan's Beach in Warrnambool. ``It's not unusual to have They're back again - Jul 31, 2007 Warrnambool Standard,AT last, two playful creatures of the deep arrived in the waters off Warrnambool yesterday, raising hopes a southern right whale might be born and raised in Unco-operative whales hamper DNA sampling - Aug 1, 2007 The Southland Times,This will help to compare them with the southern right whale populations found in the sub-Antarctic Islands and off the coast of Australia. When hunters become protectors - Jul 23, 2007 iAfrica.com,They have also spotted a rare southern right whale, a species hunted to the brink of extinction in New Zealand by the mid-19th century. Operation to aid tangled whale - Aug 1, 2007 The Herald Eastern Cape,By Guy Rogers RESCUERS are on standby to try to cut loose fishing gear from the tail of an entangled southern right whale spotted in Plettenberg Bay. A tale of two tails ... and Portland is a better story - Jul 23, 2007 Warrnambool Standard,...waters off Cape Nelson, onlookers at Warrnambool's famous Logans Beach nursery finally got their first glimpse of a southern right whale for the season. Whales heading towards Eastern Bay Nov 13, 2006 ...move along. Mr Quirk says anyone who spots a southern right whale is advised to contact the Department of Conservation immediately. - 1XX Whakatane, Cacadu reinvents itself as a major tourist destination Oct 29, 2006 This will make the Greater Addo Park which at about 120 000 hectares is the world’s first big seven reserve, complete with the Southern right whale and the ... - The Herald Eastern Cape, Fishing for a cabin at R6.16m 31 Mar 2006 The sea is Southern Right Whale territory, and there are many dune thickets and of course the fynbos, as well as thatching reed. ... Finance24, Wayward whales head south along Gulf Coast Mar 1, 2006 The Southern right whale’s population is actually increasing by 7 percent a year, but the North Pacific right whale’s population is down to about 50 ... The News-Press, Friends of Elliston Mar 22, 2006 ...breeding colony, less than two kilometres from the farm and proposed future aquaculture sites located in a seasonal migration route of the southern right whale ... Port Lincoln Times, [an error occurred while processing this directive] archives | news | XML / RSS feed | featured
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