Tag: whales

Transport Canada issued a bulletin aiming to clarify vessel requirements under the Interim Order for the Protection of the Killer Whale in the Waters of Southern British Columbia, which came into force on 1st June 2021.

A new report by ocean conservancy group Oceana identified up to 90% non-compliance of ships in mandatory speed zones and 85% in voluntary areas established by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) along the US Atlantic coast, from 2017 to 2020.

Partners in an initiative to reduce air pollution and protect endangered whales announced results from the 2020 program.

For the second year in a row, the majority of vessels are not complying with a voluntary slowdown aiming to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales in the Cabot Strait, the conservation group Oceana Canada has found, calling Transport Canada to do all it can to protect right whales by making the slowdown mandatory. 

Transport Canada issued a bulletin describing the updated speed restriction zones that vessels must follow in the Gulf of St. Lawrence from 28 April 2021, to reduce the risk of a vessel colliding with North Atlantic right whales (NARW).

Oceana released a report revealing that a voluntary slowdown measure put in place by Transport Canada this year to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales from deadly ship strikes in the Cabot Strait is being largely ignored.

On Friday, June 26, the Italian Coast Guard freed a sperm whale from being entangled in an illegal fishing net off the Aeolian Islands.

Oceana released the results of an analysis finding ships ignoring a voluntary speed zone in an area south of Nantucket designed to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales.

As part of its concrete efforts to protect the endangered North Atlantic right whale over the last years, the Government of Canada now announced enhanced 2020 measures that will help reduce the risks to these marine mammals during the 2020 season from April to November.

Cameras attached to a rare species of Antarctic whale are giving scientists an unprecedented view of how the whales survive in their sea ice habitat. Scientists attached tags to 30 Antarctic minke whales, to better understand the animals’ sea ice environment.