News Updates
March 2010
3/17/2010 DNA analysis of whale poop brings surprising results
3/17/2010 Senator John Kerry Introduces Legislation To Protect Whales; 'We Should Be Leading The Effort To Protect Them'
3/17/2010 Pacific smelt listed as threatened; impact unclear
3/15/2010 Your Chilean Sea Bass Dinner Deprives Killer Whales
3/15/2010 Sixth sea lion killed at Bonneville Dam
3/15/2010 Fishing in troubled waters
3/11/2010 Humpback whales rebound
3/11/2010 In Northwest waters, scientists track ‘dead zones'
3/11/2010 Oscar Winners Try to Keep Whale Off Sushi Plates
3/11/2010 Fishing: Plan to Reduce Loss of False Killer Whales
3/9/2010 Gray whale spends day in Budd Inlet
3/9/2010 'The Cove' wins Oscar for Best Documentary
3/9/2010 1,208 whale sightings in Great Maui Whale Count
3/6/2010 Cancer Kills Many Sea Lions, and Its Cause Remains a Mystery
3/6/2010 First Nations hunger tied to lost sockeye
3/6/2010 The secret life of seals
3/5/2010 In Pictures: Sperm Whale Surprise
3/5/2010 Danish whaling request postponed
3/4/2010 Artist Contributes to Mural at Olympics
3/3/2010 Beluga whale bill passes House: opposes critical habitat designation
3/3/2010 Famed Sea Lions Returning to San Francisco's Pier 39
3/1/2010 Orca attack raises question of captive animals
3/1/2010 Power plants criticize proposal to block use of seawater for cooling machinery
February 2010
2/25/2010 Video shows SeaWorld trainer Dawn Brancheau in water with killer whale moments before fatal attack
2/24/2010 SeaWorld Trainer Killed By Whale
2/22/2010 Another new L-pod birth confirmed!
2/22/2010 Professor Presents Case For Dolphins As Nonhuman Persons; 'They Have A Sense Of Choice And Will'
2/22/2010 What Is Killing Sea Lion Pups Off Calif. Coast?
2/22/2010 IWC plan to end commercial whaling , allow Japan to keep hunting in Antartic
2/20/2010 Researchers near completion of ocean census, cite value of protecting marine life
2/19/2010 Every dolphin's gone surfin'! Stunning pictures as hundreds play among some monster waves
2/19/2010 It's signed! Klamath dam pacts signed in Oregon Capitol
2/19/2010 Humble algae key to whale evolution
2/18/2010 Progress Slow In Puget Sound Cleanup
2/18/2010 Rare northern right whales were not hunted to the brink
2/16/2010 Group uses condoms in endangered species crusade
2/16/2010 Squaxin Island tribe pays tribute to rare Bryde's whale
2/12/2010 Sea lions, seal found shot to death in W. Seattle
2/11/2010 Past whale populations may have been massive
2/11/2010 Judge gives NOAA Fisheries last chance on salmon
2/7/2010 Whales use 'Killer' technique for hunting fish
2/7/2010 Save the salmon -- and us
2/4/2010 Reports: Puget Sound getting sicker; Obama budget slashes money for Sound cleanup by 60%
2/4/2010 UN: Whales, Dolphins And Porpoises Suffer High Death Rate As By-catch In Fishing Nets
2/1/2010 Humpback whales thriving in Hawaii as annual count begins
2/1/2010 Blue whales are singing in a lower key
2/1/2010 December 2009 Global Ocean Temperature Second Warmest On Record
January 2010
1/21/2010 Pacific's rising acid levels threatening marine life
1/21/2010 Sockeye Eco-Certification Kicks up Storm
1/21/2010 Rising Sea Levels Threatens To Wipe Out One Of World’s Largest Tiger Populations This Century
1/19/2010 Come on in, the water's freezing: Amazing underwater photos show beluga whales meeting divers at Arctic rehabilitation farm
1/17/2010 Oregon Coast Whale Watching Set Records, Numbers Still Good
1/17/2010 OSU research says hunting abundant minke whales won't help other species
1/17/2010 Research seeks links between warming, fishing patterns
1/15/2010 Vanquishing Victoria's poop problem
1/14/2010 Canada and WorldCanada looks to export seal meat, seal `pepperoni' to China
1/14/2010 Navy Issues Guidance on Use of Marine Mammals
1/13/2010 Is Washington's orca baby boom a fluke?
1/13/2010 THE DISTURBING FACTS ABOUT ‘DOLPHIN-SAFE’ TUNA
1/12/2010 Name experts pick best of 2009
1/11/2010 San Francisco's Sea Lions Migrate To Oregon Coast
1/8/2010 Two killer whale types found in UK waters
1/8/2010 Proposed rules would restrict boating in orca feeding areas
1/7/2010 New year brings new killer whale off Vancouver Island
1/7/2010 Boise company's high-tech gear collects data that can influence salmon policy
1/7/2010 Baby sperm whale washes up on Oregon Coast
1/3/2010 Boats and whales: Give orcas the right-of-way
1/3/2010 Scientists say dolphins should be treated as 'non-human persons'
1/3/2010 Fin Whales, Once Rare, Crowd Calif. Coast
December
12/30/09 Famous San Francisco sea lions leave in droves
12/27/09 Researchers call for conservation zone for killer whales in B.C.
12/27/09 Killer Whales Spotted Off San Diego Coast
12/27/09 Mystery of Amazon manatee migration solved
12/22/09 Scientists in Scotland, Canada and the US have proposed a new method to identify priority areas for whale conservation
12/22/09 Rescue frees Steller sea lion tethered for days to Race Rocks, unable to feed
12/18/09 Surfers watch killer whales attack dolphins
12/18/09 Squid Invasions Signal Changes in the Pacific Ocean
12/18/09 Beached whales killed by ingesting plastic
12/12/09 Deep-sea mics broadcast whales
12/12/09 Whale songs get quieter as numbers increase
12/11/09 Have you ever seen a gray killer whale?
12/11/09 Humpback Whale Rescues Baby Seal
12/10/09 The Whale Museum's "Black & White Night" Dinner Event
12/10/09 Sockeye decline linked to climate change
12/10/09 Good news, bad news, for Alaska sea lion numbers
12/2/09 Blue whales now singing in deeper voices: scientist
12/2/09 Alaska businesses fret beluga protections
November
11/30/09 Trying to crack an ocean mystery: What caused killer algal blooms?
11/30/09 ¡Viva Vaquita! – Launch Of A New Website To Help Conserve The Vaquita
11/30/09 Pictured: The moment a whale delivers a deadly 'karate chop' blow to a killer shark
11/27/09 Orca encounter 'absolutely righteous'
11/24/09 Marine census reveals creatures of the deep
11/24/09 Soundwatch Receives Two Special Grants
11/22/09 Climate change causing 'corrosive' water to affect Arctic marine life: study
11/22/09 Bangor: Dolphins, sea lions to help protect base, Navy says
11/16/09 Chefs serve salmon with message as a side dish
11/16/09 Jellyfish swarm northward in warming world
11/15/09 Sea Change Makes Waves
11/15/09 Plastics have more harmful impact than thought
11/15/09 Stimulus money funding sea floor gill nets cleanup
11/13/09 With New Baby in Tow, J Pod Moves South
11/13/09 A different kind of fish toss: Planting dead salmon to enrich a watershed
11/12/09 New Calf Confirmed - Welcome, J-46!
11/8/09 Sea lions killed, but Columbia salmon toll rises
11/8/09 Blue whales reclaim old feeding grounds
11/6/09 Ottawa plans inquiry into disappearance of B.C. sockeye
11/6/09 Sea Lion Brain Mapped to Study Toxins' Effects
11/5/09 Empty Sound
11/4/09 Environmental group to sue over beluga whales
October
10/30/09 State board OKs Bellingham man's 'Salish Sea' proposal
10/30/09 State Board to Vote on "Salish Sea"
10/28/09 Whale workers unfazed by overpowering stench
10/23/09 Dead-zone microbe thriving off B.C. coast
10/23/09 Obama administration declares polar bear habitat 'critical'
10/23/09 Foam from ocean algae bloom killing thousands of birds
10/21/09 The Samish Indian Nation Names New Calf J-45 -- correction
10/19/09 Comment Extension for Proposed Orca Vessel Regs
10/19/09 Toxins and Disease Threaten Catastrophe for Marine Mammals
10/14/09 New Calf Confirmed in L Pod - L113!
10/14/09 Orcas are on the move again past Whidbey, so it’s a great time to watch
10/13/09: Scientists study dead blue whale near Ragged Point
10/13/09: Mostly voluntary effort to study dead whale part of federal network
10/9/09 Oregon and its allies ask judge to toss Obama salmon plan
10/9/09 Climate change means winners and losers in fisheries: B.C. study
10/9/09 Pacific Ocean 'dead zone' in Northwest may be irreversible
10/1/09 Study blames laundry for toxin in Puget Sound
10/1/09 A New Chemical Method For Distinguishing Between Farmed And Wild Salmon
10/1/09 Pier 39 Sea Lion Herd Swells To Record High
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