News Updates

5/7/08 Out-of-court agreement reached in sea lion case

5/7/08 B.C. fish-farm critics move fight to court

5/5/08 Sea lions found shot dead on Columbia River
5/2/08 First Nations to ration Fraser River salmon, official says

5/2/08 Rare Bolivian river dolphin is new species

4/30/08 Captured sea lion dies at Tacoma zoo

4/30/08 Federal judge orders polar bear decision by May 15

4/29/08 Jumbo squid invade coast off Northwest

4/29/08 Scarce salmon run predicted

4/29/08 Gray Whales making waves in Puget Sound

4/28/08 The Arctic's most threatened marine mammals due to climate change

4/28/08 Probing Question: Why Do Whales Beach Themselves?

4/25/08 Salmon-eating sea lions on Columbia River being trapped

4/25/08 B.C., federal governments plan to salvage wreckage from Robson Bight

4/25/08 Last River Porpoises Dying in Polluted Yangtze

4/25/08 NOAA’s Fisheries Service Extends Decision on Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Listing

4/25/08 Japanese citizens renew call for Japan to end whaling

4/20/08 'Optics' preventing B.C. seal cull

4/20/08 Killer whales bring the hunt onto land [+pics]

4/17/08 Judge rejects request to stop Oregon, Washington from killing sea lions to protect salmon

4/17/08 Where are the salmon? Looking at long-term trends, the ocean, and climate change for clues

4/17/08 Japan targets up to 60 whales

4/15/08 Salmon Stories

4/14/08 2008 San Juan Islands Conservation Summit

4/14/08 Welcome the Whales Day Festival & Parade, April 19

4/14/08 Pathologists examine dead whale on Island's west coast

4/14/08 Salmon Harvest To Plummet This Year

4/08/08 Endangered whale’s home proposed for oil development

4/08/08 Ecology plans San Juan oil spill strategy meetings

4/07/08 Two Makah Members Convicted in Rogue Whale Hunt

4/07/08 Deal Reached Over Protection of Salmon

4/07/08 Friday Harbor, Portland Named 2008 "Distinct Destinations"

4/04/08 Marine Naturalist “Gear Up” Workshop - May 6

4/04/08 Whaling trial judge dismisses hunters' religion defense

4/03/08 Minke headcount cut back by half

4/03/08 Building a bridge over common waters

4/03/08 J Pod returns to the west side of San Juan Island

4/01/08 Feeding the fascination for orcas

4/01/08 “Marine Stewardship: State of the Sound and the San Juans” with Kathy Fletcher on April 4th

4/01/08 Part of San Juans may become aquatic reserve

3/31/08 Planning Could Save More Birds Caught in Oil Spills

3/31/08 The Thinning Giant

3/31/08 Outdoors Notebook: Gray whales make their return to area

3/31/08 Seal hunt protest vessel, Canadian coast guard collide at sea

3/31/08 San Juan Islands Sea and Land Routes Become Washington’s Newest Scenic Byway

3/28/08 Bill signed: Protecting orca whales from vessel impacts

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