News Updates Archives
2008
3/28/08 3 Makah whalers accept plea deal
3/28/08 B.C. suspends issuing licences for salmon farms tidal waters
3/28/08 NOAA to Assess Whether Melting Ice Endangers Seals
3/27/08 Run of Killer Whales Coming Soon to Central Oregon Coast
3/27/08 WA scientists gather to discuss Puget Sound research
3/25/08 Sea Squirts Taking Over Puget Sound
3/25/08 Canada's Annual Seal Hunt Starts Friday
3/25/08 Makah whalers' plea deal collapses
3/25/08 Lawsuit targets sea-lion killings
3/22/08 Bumpy whale fins set to spark a revolution in aerodynamics
3/19/08 Remembering Emelia "Lee" Bave
3/19/08 Pilot of Ship that Spilled Oil Charged with Criminal Negligence
3/19/08 Garrett Wants End to Commercial Whaling
3/19/08 Boater Surrounded by Orcas Off Point Loma
3/19/08 RSPB Urges New Protection Zones for Threatened Seabirds
3/19/08 Tiny Mexican Porpoise Near Extinct from Fishing Nets
3/19/08 Nets Threaten Rare New Zealand Dolphins
3/19/08 Extinct Seal Tells of Once-Teeming Caribbean Reefs
3/18/08 NOAA Considers Case to Protect Five Puget Sound Rockfish Species
3/18/08 Unknown Population of Blue Whales Discovered in Waters of Southern Chile
3/18/08 NOAA Officially Sorts Right Whales into Three Species
3/18/08 States Get Nod to Kill Sea Lions if Necessary
3/18/08 Makah "Treaty Warriors": Heroes or Criminals?
3/18/08 First Arrests in South Korea Whale Poaching Case
3/16/08 Humpback Calves Go Goo Goo, Too
3/16/08 Pretrial Hearing Set Tuesday in Makah Tribal Court for Accused Whalers
3/16/08 Whale Watchdogs' Ship Comes Home
3/16/08 Mammals Make Economic Splash
3/16/08 South Seas Dolphins Face Slaughter For Their Teeth - or Life in Captivity
3/16/08 Health of Port Susan Bay at Risk
3/16/08 Efforts Dying in Legislature to Block Mine
3/16/08 Strait of Georgia, not the Salish Sea
3/13/08 Pacific Fishing Industry Braces for Salmon Restrictions
3/13/08 Report: Sonar Use Could Harm Whales
3/13/08 Cookie the Orca Whale!
3/13/08 Meet the Man Behind the "Salish Sea"
3/13/08 Right Whales Spotted with Rope Tangled in Mouths
3/13/08 Iceland to Continue Whale Hunts
3/12/08 Legislature Passes Funding for Year-Round Rescue Tug at Neah Bay
3/12/08 New Zealand Dolphin Rescued Stranded Whales
3/12/08 Navy Asks Judge to Clarify Whale Rules
3/11/08 Washington State Legislature Passes "Orca" Bill -- Sent to Gov. Gregoire for Signing
3/11/08 Coast Salish Leaders Commit to Environmental Action
3/11/08 Premier Welcomes Georgia Strait Naming Debate
3/11/08 Panel to Consider Ban on California Salmon Fishing
3/11/08 Warm Winter Killes Baby Seals
3/11/08 Canada to Cull 275,000 Seals This Year
3/11/08 Federal Court Says Seal Barrier Can Go Up at San Diego Beach
3/08/08 Japanese Whalers Clash With Friday Harbor-Based Activists
3/08/08 GAO: DOD Lacks Evidence for Exemptions
3/08/08 Famous Ambassador of the Ocean Talks at The Washington Center
3/08/08 Land-Claim Body Wants Nunavut Whale Quota Increased
3/08/08 Exfoliating Scrubs Join List of Plastics Harming Whales
3/07/08 Thar She Blows: Ships to Get Whale Warnings
3/07/08 Beach Canisters May Contain Rat Poison, State Ecology Officials Warn
3/07/08 Japan 'Cross-Breeding Cows with Whales'
3/07/08 Burying Whale at Sandy Beach Cove
3/07/08 Tidal Energy: Is It Too Costly?
3/07/08 "Ugly" Aussie Dolphin Faces Extinction
3/06/08 White Killer Whale Spotted Near Aleutian Islands
3/06/08 Vancouver Island Ready to Celebrate the Gray Whales' Return
3/06/08 Recovery Plan Identifies Fishing as Threat to Sea Lions
3/06/08 Salmon Woes Linked to Weather
3/06/08 Rescue Team Puzzled by Recent Dolphin Strandings
3/06/08 Rescuers Help Humpback Whales From Entanglement
3/06/08 Whale-Inspired Windmills
3/05/08 PFOAs: A New Worry
3/05/08 Can Dungeness Crab and Eelgrass Help Improve Management of our Marine Resources?
3/05/08 Two-Day Dolphin Death Count Reaches 21
3/05/08 Australia, Japan Face Off at Whale Meeting
3/05/08 Whale Rescue Program Faces Cuts
3/05/08 Northern Right Whales Head South to Give Birth, Leave Genetic "Fingerprints" for NOAA Researchers
3/05/08 Oceans Heaven: Documentary Filmmaker Wants His Work to Encourage Conservation
3/04/08 Japan Escalates Whaling Argument
3/04/08 Whale of an Idea Has Lots of Fans
3/04/08 More Unanswered Questions in Dolphin Deaths
3/04/08 Big Stink Expected as Scientists Dig Up Rotten Whale
3/03/08 Court Upholds Whale Protection in Navy Exercises
3/03/08 Pictures: Kayaking Couple Are Caught in Path of Humpback
3/03/08 Columbia River Conservation at Loggerheads
3/03/08 University Taking Cash from Whaling Criticized
3/03/08 Diplomats Summoned After Whaling Protest
3/03/08 Japan Seeks New Allies on Whaling
3/03/08 Norwegian Lobby: "Eat Whale and Save the Planet"
2/29/08 Rules Surrounding Hawaii Wild Marine Mammals
2/29/08 Rare Whale Carcass Washes Ashore in Florida
2/29/08 Pygmy Sperm Whale Dies in Florida Keys
2/29/08 Japan Moves to Strengthen Standing at IWC
2/29/08 Darcie Larsen Named Whale Watch Association Executive Director
2/29/08 Killer Whales Seen From Ferry
2/29/08 Chinook Salmon Hit Record Low in Sacramento
2/29/08 Salmon Groups to Present Pre-Season Forecasts, Options
2/29/08 Watershed Restoration Funded for Washington, Oregon Forests
2/28/08 Makah Tribal Court to Begin Whalers' Proceedings Friday
2/28/08 Banish the Bags: This whale washed up on a British beach. In its stomach....the remains of 23 plastic bags
2/28/08 Salish Tribes Gather at Tulalip to Set common Policy
2/27/08 Did Subs Cause Whale Stranding?
2/27/08 Blue Whale Death Investigators Point Finger
2/26/08 Environmental Groups Sue State Dept. of Fish & Game Over Salmon
2/26/08 Beached Whale Calf Found on Maui Shore
2/26/08 Endangered Whales Emerging in Monterey Bay
2/25/08 Pygmy Sperm Whale Rescued off Florida Keys
2/25/08 Endangered Whale Swims off Virginia Beach
2/25/08 Japanese Whaling Fleet Kills Half Whale Target
2/25/08 Volunteers Count Whales in NOAA's Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale Sanctuary
2/22/08 Upper Fraser River Sockeye Shrinking
2/22/08 New Legislation Requires Bush Administration to Stop Procrastinating and Protect Endangered Whales
2/22/08 Chile Announces Permanent Whale Protection Law
2/22/08 Where in the World is the Salish Sea?
2/22/08 Dolphin Dies Near Sonar Site
2/22/08 Whale Bones Turn Up On Matagorda Island
2/20/08 New Makah Judge Takes Over Tribal Proceedings Against Whalers
2/20/08 Part of Case Against Makah Whalers Tossed
2/20/08 Sonar Implicated in Beaked Whale Stranding
2/20/08 Fisheries Dept. Scientist Studies Killer Whales As Way to Assist Humans
2/20/08 Scientists Capture Images of Sleeping Whales
2/20/08 Whale Protection Rule aired at Senate Field Hearing (Maine)
2/19/08 Norway to Hunt 1,052 Whales in 2008
2/19/08 Ship Noise May Hamper Whale Communication
2/19/08 Spring Salmon Bag Cut in Half
2/19/08 Second Graders Adopt Orca
2/19/08 "Our Last, Best Chance" to Save Puget Sound
2/15/08 Scooping Up Behind Killer Whales
2/14/08 February is "Humpback Whale Awareness Month" in Hawaii
2/14/08 Whale's Death is Just a Fluke
2/11/08 Killer whales loaded with fire retardant
2/11/08 Government-funded group switches sides on risks of fish farms
1/30/08 California return of chinook hits near-record low
1/29/08 Killer dolphins baffle marine experts
1/29/08 Puget Sound Orcas Feeding in California - Again
1/27/08 Tracking whales and waves
1/25/08 "Saving Luna" Documents Lost Baby Killer Whale's Struggle
1/25/08 Free Lolita! A Whale Story
1/25/08 Cost to Save Orcas Starts at $50 Million
1/25/08 Whale Protectors Disappointed by Orca Recovery Plan
1/24/08 NOAA Releases Orca Recovery Plan
1/24/08 Washington State Legislature Debates Orca Protections
1/24/08 Baby Gray Whale Washes Up On Seaside Beach
1/20/08 Makah Pretrial Hearing Postponed
1/18/08 Sea lions' death warrant?
1/17/08 Bush Allows Navy Sonar in Whale Areas
1/17/08 Video of Orcas Swimming In Elliot Bay
1/15/08 Celebrities and a 'beautiful whale'
1/15/08 Judge stands by ban on sonar
1/14/08 Makah hopeful about whaling again by 2010
1/11/08 Greenpeace confronts Japanese whalers in Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary
1/11/08 Pygmy Sperm Whale Washes up on Midway Atoll
1/10/08 Orcas Spotted Near Gig Harbor (video)
1/10/08 California Sea Lions Raft Up Near Alki Point (video)
1/10/08 Blue Whales Face Seismic Upset When Feeding
1/1/08 Inflammatory actions at sea
1/1/08 The plastic killing fields
2007
12/31/07 Pacific Salmon Invading Atlantic, Threatening Penguins
12/26/07 Whale watching season starts Dec. 26 on Oregon Coast
12/20/07 Japan halts plan to kill humpback whales in Antarctic after worldwide outcry
12/20/07 Scientists track down the whale’s walking ancestor
12/20/07 Puget Sound funding boosted to $20 million
12/17/07 Whalers plead not guilty to tribal charges
12/16/07 Orca whales hunt eider ducks for practice
12/16/07 Walruses Die; Global Warming Blamed
12/7/07 Sea you later; Bycatch is the ugliest thing you never see in the fish market
12/7/07 Do humpbacks sing for GPS, not love?
12/5/07 Clean energy vs. whales: how to choose?
11/28/07 Asian Lunch Offers Takeaway Whale Curry From Research Whaling Carcasses
11/28/07 Japan Says Won't Stop Research Whaling Program
11/28/07 Anti-Whaling Nations Won't Stop Japanese Hunts
11/28/07 Five Members of Makah Tribe Charged Over Whale Hunt
11/21/07 Orca Researchers Call For Removal of Snake River Dams
11/19/07 Minke Whale Swims 1000 Miles Into Brazilian River
11/14/07 Judges Order U.S. Navy to Lessen Harmful Effects of Sonar on Whales
11/09/07 Oil Spill Stains Northern California, Threatening Wildlife and Marine Habitat
11/09/07 King 5 Cameras Film J Pod With New Calf Near Alki Beach (video follows ad)
11/08/07 J-43 Orca Calf Born in Puget Sound
11/07/07 Dwarf Killer Whale Species Discovered in Antarctica? (PDF paper at end of article)
11/06/07 King 5 Aerial News Cameras Film J Pod Near Maury Island (video follows ad)
11/06/07 King 5 Aerial News Cameras Film Orcas Near San Juan Island (video follows ad)
11/01/07 Notes From NOAA / SeaDoc Society's Killer Whale / Oil Spill Workshop Posted as PDF
10/31/07 Investigation of Robson Bight Oil Spill Imminent
10/31/07 West Coast Governors' Agreement on Ocean Health
10/26/07 Evidence of Walrus Living in Washington Area During the Pleistocene Era
10/25/07 Take the Sea Grant Survey for WA, CA & OR Coastal Interests
10/24/07 Summary of Puget Sound Partnership Recommendations to WA State Governor
10/18/07 FMSA Wildlife Spotlight: Chinook Salmon
10/16/07 Orcalab Records Humpback Rhapsody Near Vancouver Island
10/11/07 Study: Toxic Chemical Levels Higher in Young Orcas
10/08/07 Man Gets First Orca Safety Ticket
10/08/07 Saving Luna Wins Top Award at Wildlife Film Festival
09/27/07 Soundwatch Grounded
09/09/07 Salmon 'Spill' Prompts Calls for Closed Farming System
09/06/07 Proposed Navy Expansion Could Bring More Undersea Explosions to Washington Waters
09/06/07 The Awesome Arctic Narwhal Proves it's the True Prince of Whales
08/31/07 "Extinct" Baiji River Dolphin Spotted Alive in China
08/27/07 Task Force in Oregon to Recommend Fate of Predatory Sea Lions
08/26/07 Iceland Ends Whaling Due to Lack of Demand
08/26/07 Whale Harpooned, Hauled in by Japanese Boat in Front of Whale-Watching Tourists
08/22/07 Whales Swimming in Slick That Threatens Orca Sanctuary
08/21/07 Oil Spill Threatens Killer Whale Habitat
08/20/07 Birth of New L Pod Calf L-110 is Confirmed!
08/16/07 North Van Band Agrees to Historic Sockeye Embargo
08/16/07 Judge Rules on Salmon-Counting Issue
08/10/07 Proposed Sea Otter and Transient Killer Whale Recovery Strategies Posted
08/08/07 Not On Our Watch
08/08/07 Miniature Sensors Make The Secret Life Of Elephant Seals Not Secret Anymore
08/06/07 Panel Set Up to Consider Killing of Sea Lions
08/02/07 Aquatic Reserve Set Up Around Cypress Island
08/02/07 New Carissa Oil Spill Triggers Purchase of Oregon Timberland
08/01/07 'Dead Zone' Returns to Oregon Coast
07/25/07 Japan Accused of Killing Pregnant Whales
07/25/07 Rising Sea, Rising Threat: What Puget Sound Risks
07/25/07 Controversy Erupts Over Endangered Species Act
07/19/07 Two States, Divided by Salmon
07/13/07 Patrolling Orca Waters
07/12/07 Puget Sound Struggles Against Tide of Toxins
07/06/07 A Giant of the Sea Finds Slimmer Pickings
07/06/07 Puget Sound Orcas Accounted For
07/05/07 Critics Say Species List is Endangered
6/19/07 Turning Guidelines Into Law is an Orca of a Problem
6/15/07 Young Whale's Tale is Story of Success
6/9/07 $750 Penalty for Harrassing Whales Proposed
6/6/07 June Proclaimed "Orca Awareness Month" by Governor Gregoire
5/25/07 Severed Orca Fin on Beach Stuns Researchers
5/16/07 San Juan County Targets Boaters Harassing Orcas
5/5/07 Plight of the Stinky Whale
4/20/07 UW Researcher Using Narwhals to Study Climate Change
4/14/07 Alaska's Killer Whales Chow Down
4/6/07 Whales' Journey Into Record Books
3/14/07 Flame Retardant Growing Threat to Killer Whales
3/3/07 Studies Shed New Light on Blue Whale Calls and Associated Behavior
2/18/07 Rise in Killer Whales Sightings Linked to Melting Ice
2/6/07 Sound Study Explores Orca Behavior
2006
12/22/06 Puget Sound Orcas Remain an Endangered Species
9/9/06 For Pods of Whales, Celebrity Status and Now a Lawsuit
8/12/06 Killer Whales Have Own 'Caller ID'
8/6/06 Scientists Seek Buried Orcas on Whidbey Island
7/20/06 Operation Orca
7/14/06 Rare Whales Can Live to Nearly 200, Eye Tissue Reveals
4/21/06 After Decades of Fear and Hostility, are we Loving Them to Death?
4/14/06 The Missing Minke
4/6/06 Chemicals Tainting Orcas' Dinner
3/24/06 Lawsuit Challenges Protection of Orcas
2/23/06 Tons of Trouble
2005
12/14/05 Efforts to Protect Orcas May Have Wide Impact
12/12/05 Arctic Orcas Highly Contaminated
12/2/05 Researcher Headed to Antarctica Seeking New Species of Killer Whale
11/27/05 The Cry of the Dolphin
10/6/05 957 Species at Risk in Puget Sound Area
9/16/05 Secrets Of The Whale Riders: Crablike 'Whale Lice' Show How Endangered Cetaceans Evolved
7/12/05 J Pod's Interactions With Harbor Porpoise End in Death
4/25/05 See New Document on Southern Resident Killer Whale Diving Behavior
4/7/05 The Orca is Now the Official Marine Mammal of Washington
3/18/05 Federal Report Claims Navy Sonar Didn't Harm Southern Residents
2004
4/30/04 Southern Residents Increasing Length of Calls When Boat Noise Present
4/5/04 WDFW Approves Listing Southern Resident Orcas as Endangered
1/30/04 San Juan County Adopted as Marine Stewardship Area
2003
12/14/03 Keiko Dies of Acute Pneumonia
11/25/03 New Species of Whale Potentially Identified
11/13/03 Wider Use of Navy's Sonar Approved by House
10/14/03 Navy to Limit its Use of Sonar
5/20/03 Historical Information on Porpoise Strandings in San Juan County Relative to the May 5th Navy Sonar Incident
5/13/03 Could Sonar Testing be Hurting Porpoises? TV Reporters Talk to Our Stranding Network
2002
11/15/02 Carcass of Fin Whale Sunk in San Juans
11/7/02 Fin Whale Necropsy Completed Last Night
5/7/02: Dead Orca May Have Had Highest Level of Contaminants Ever Found
2000