Sentences with phrase «humpback whale hunt»

Read HSI's statement on votes conducted at the International Whaling Commission meeting rejecting the South Atlantic Whale Sanctuary proposal, and approving a humpback whale hunt for St. Vincent and the Grenadine.

«The present study is the first on apes to show by means of networking analysis that habits travel along paths of close relationships,» he says, adding that a similar idea was shown not long ago for humpback whale hunting techniques.

Not exact matches

They hunted and slaughtered protected species of whale, such as blues and humpbacks.

Once hunted almost to extinction, Humpback whales are making a comeback the world over.

The whales hunt using a technique known as bubble net fishing in which a group of humpbacks surround their prey by blowing bubbles and then feasting on the «surrounded» bait.

In my hunt for the Northern Lights, my first stop was Iceland; a fascinating country with many beautiful natural sights such as the cascading Gullfoss Waterfalls, the rift between the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates, the spurting Great Geysir, Humpback, Minke and Blue whales in the bay of Reykjavik, and geothermal pools and spas such as the Blue Lagoon.

Fin whale and humpback casualties worry them, but blue whales — which had been hunted to the brink of extinction by the 1960s — are their greatest concern.

Humpback whales, once hunted close to extinction have made a dramatic resurgence in recent years, and sightings are likely, though not a certainty on this trip.

Humpback whales have been witnessed foiling killer whale hunts from Antarctica to the North Pacific.

Humpback whale rescue teams have been witnessed foiling killer whale hunts from Antarctica to the North Pacific.

Another event, involving a pair of humpback whales attempting to save a gray whale calf from a hunting pod of orcas after it had become separated from its mother, was captured by BBC filmmakers.

Orcas have been witnessed hunting humpback whale calves in much the same way that they hunt gray whale calves.

In 89 percent of the recorded incidents, the humpbacks seemed to intervene only as the killer whales began their hunt, or when they were already engaged in a hunt.

It seems clear from the data that the humpback whales are choosing to interact with the orcas specifically to interrupt their hunts.

As Game and Level Designer for this game about whales and the ocean I got the chance to do tons of research on humpback whales, their navigation, digestion, and human interference like noise pollution, whale hunting, and more.

You control this beast as he terrorizes the waters, attack boats, eats people, hunts down some humpback whales.

So while you guys were jamming with the humpback, over in Agadir, Morocco, the usual suspects, brought together every year for decades now, were realizing that there was no way to cut a hoped - for deal to allow some sanctioned, but controlled, whaling in place of the current hunts by three countries.

I wonder that why Japanese so enthusiastic to hunt humpback whales and hidden it for their citizens?

If hunting humpback whale is banned, Japan should stop doing it, not give an exaplem for the world.

We are particularly concerned about the size and scope of the hunt, and the targeting of 50 humpback whales.

I have never heard about Japanese to hunt humpback whale from Japanese medias.

We write today to respectfully request that Japan reconsider its impending hunt of approximately 1,000 whales, including fin and protected humpback whales.

Humpback whales, known for their unique vocalizations and athleticism, were once hunted to the brink of extinction.

The proposal would have allowed indigenous people in Greenland to hunt up to 1,326 whales between 2013 and 2018 — including 10 humpbacks a year.

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.

Ask the Japanese Prime Minister to stop targeting endangered fin whales, and to refrain from hunting endangered humpback whales, both violations of the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES).

Ask the Japanese Prime Minister to stop targeting fin whales and refrain from hunting humpback whales in violation of IWC regulation 19 (a), Paragraph 10 (d), which bans the use of factory ships to process any whales except minke whales.

The IWC has imposed a moratorium on the hunting of 10 species of whales (blue, bowhead, fin, gray, humpback, minke, pygmy right, right, sei, and sperm), and that moratorium only applies to nations who are members of the IWC and have not formally objected to the ban.

With instructions to hunt down - sorry, collect for «scientific research» - up to 1,000 whales, the Japanese sailors are setting their sights on the humpback whale for the first time in over 40 years.

Via:: BBC News: Japanese whalers hunt humpbacks (news website),:: The Independent: Save the whale.

It seemed like a day to go with the whales, rather than the pols, so I hunted up these travelling humpback songs for you, finding them in the Wired story on this cetacean phenom.