Whose Whales? The Debate Over Antigua & Barbuda’s Position on Commercial Whaling
Ahead of IWC70, Antiguan conservationists urge their government to reconsider its support for commercial whaling and listen to public opinion.
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Barefoot Establishes Cetacean Law in Key Largo With Global Reach
Growing up, Natalie Barefoot had a four-panel poster of a breaching humpback whale in her bedroom. “I’ve always been drawn to whales,†said the University of Miami School of Law graduate. Now, Barefoot is the executive director of Cet Law. “Cet†is short for the word cetacean, a scientific category that includes whales, porpoises…
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Beautiful Warderick Wells
At low tide, the scenery changed with the birth of a white sandy island in the middle of the bay. It offered a wonderful moment to relax, swim, walk, and absorb the beauty that will forever be inside our hearts. Our next stop was Warderick Wells, an island under the protection of the Exuma Parks,…
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Whale Tales
Whales: The largest creatures ever to have lived on this planet; outgrowing and outliving dinosaurs and woolly mammoths. Growing up to 98-feet long, the colossal 190 tonne Blue Whale beats them all. Yet today whales stand alongside the growing number of species that are endangered and in need of protection. Throughout history whales have fascinated…
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Low Frequency Active Sonar Kills Whales and Dolphins
Low Frequency Active Sonar Kills Whales and Dolphins Paul Jepson, a marine scientist with the Zoological Society of London reports in Nature Magazine that post-mortem examination of 10 beaked whales found conclusive evidence of “the bends.” Jepson, along with other scientists, studied the bodies of the whales that stranded on the beaches of the Canary Islands in…
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Thar She Blows! Whales in the Caribbean
An amazing thing happened to me on a whale-watching trip out of Provincetown, Massachusetts, in the early 90s. I was on a boat with approximately 100 people. The captain remembered me from prior trips and allowed me to sit with him in the wheelhouse to avoid the crowd on deck. He located whales off the…
