Sentences with phrase «from whale conservation»
We also create opportunities for local communities to be involved with and profit from whale conservation initiatives.
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One of the marine conservation folks at my day job passed along this little critter yesterday — it's an online game that uses the classic Space Invaders model, only this time you're a whale trying to stop Japanese whaling ships by «bumping» them from below with globs...
Experts from a wildlife conservation group say a dead whale that washed up on a New York beach was likely hit by a boat.
A new paper from WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society), in partnership with researchers and practitioners from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Coast Guard, Space Quest, Google, and SkyTruth, reviews the use of a maritime vessel communication and navigational safety system that is not only effective in protecting people, but wildlife such as whales, walruses, and other wildlife species as well.
US law allows the restriction of imports from countries that «undermine» international conservation agreements such as the ban on commercial whaling.
It's a pity, really — if whales were amphibians, that much maligned and oft ignored group might benefit from some of the huge amounts of public sympathy (and money) available to cetacean conservation.
But with bowheads, which are slowly recovering from intense whaling in the 19th century, conservations groups would be highly motivated to buy all the shares for 13 years, until the population grows to the carrying capacity.
«Whale sharks are under threat from human impacts of hunting and ship strike and it makes it much easier to plan for conservation if we only have to deal with neighbouring countries in each region rather than localities spread across the entire Indian Ocean.»
To begin to answer these questions, researchers from Conservation International and the Georgia Aquarium have placed satellite tags on whale sharks in various locations around the world, including Cenderawasih Bay.
Should humpback whales be removed from the threatened species list, a direct consequence for conservation biology could be the redirection of research and management funding to enhance the survival of other species and ecosystems that are in greater risk of extinction.
In the modern era, whaling has been the biggest threat to the gray whale survival, and in fact the species has rebounded to 22,000 individuals from a low of 1,000 in the past 75 years of conservation.
Mars Fishcare will donate 100 percent of the profits from this display to the Jessica Rekos Foundation, which will earmark the funds raised for the Whale and Dolphin Conservation's internship program.
Montara State Marine Reserve & Pillar Point State Marine Conservation Area extend offshore from Montara, just south of Gray Whale Cove.
In 2005, two conservation biologists proposed a plan to airlift 50 gray whales from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean.
As of 2008, the IUCN regards the gray whale as being of «Least Concern» from a conservation perspective.
From the outset we began offering tours aimed at educating our guests about killer whales and have been deeply involved with research and conservation.
«We intend to use our influence and expertise to protect it, focusing on reef conservation and on creating safe migratory routes for the endangered species that travel this coastline, from turtles to humpback whales.»
«Unfortunately, the complete disappearance of the Atlantic gray whale is the only instance of a whale extinction from an ocean basin during the historical era,» said Dr. Howard Rosenbaum, director of the Wildlife Conservation Society's Ocean Giants Program and co-author of the study.
Since 1994 when the species was delisted from the US Endangered Species Act, the conservation efforts by the US government on behalf of the Gray Whale have been a carefully orchestrated symphony of spin with senior bureaucrats becoming the Spin Doctors.
The shipments are part of a growing international trade in whale and whale products — Japan is by far the dominant buyer — that has prompted growing criticism from the conservation group and other whale campaigners.
The plan is a huge step for conservation of the Western Arctic, an area increasingly stressed by climate change, and provides critical protections for key lands in the Reserve and the wildlife dependent on it, including migratory birds from around the world, caribou, bears, wolves, beluga whales, and walrus.
Make a symbolic whale adoption to help save some of the world's most endangered animals from extinction and support WWF's conservation efforts.
The conservation group is planning to prevent the Japanese whaling supply ship, the Sun Laurel, from delivering fuel and other supplies to both the whalers and their factory ship.
A statement by the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries they said their whaling fleet will be returning home shortly as a result of the ongoing harassment that they have been receiving from the anti-whaling activists in the Antarctic Ocean, naming the vessels run by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.
«We intend to stay on it like a bloodhound to keep this ship from delivering fuel and supplies to the whaling fleet», said Captain Watson, leader of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.
OSLO (Reuters)- Some large whale species such as the humpback, minke and southern right whale are recovering from a threat of extinction, helped by curbs on hunts since the 1980s, the world's largest conservation network said on Tuesday.
A majority of IWC member countries, along with animal protection and environmental organizations, believe that the treaty has evolved into a conservation agreement that allows for greater protection for whales from environmental, commercial, and other types of threats.
The oceans have already sucked up an enormous amount of heat due to escalating greenhouse gas emissions, affecting marine species from microbes to whales, according to an International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) report involving the work of 80 scientists from a dozen countries.
Find out what is happening in the world of whales and dolphins with views and opinions from Whale and Dolphin Conservation and other experts in the field.
From the protection of dolphins, whales, sharks, and even sea turtles.Pelagic Love understands passion by using a portion of its profits to help ocean conservation organizations.