Scientists: More Right Whales May Be Dying

AP Online;  July 23, 2005 ;   JAY LINDSAY, Associated Press Writer;   554 words ......estimated that North Atlantic right whale deaths may be underreported by as much as 83...primary human-related causes of right whale deaths. Proposed rules include slowing down...since. Scientists said the eight known whale deaths in the last 16 months were particularly...

Unseen whales.(FEEDBACK)(Letter to the editor)

Science News;  September 27, 2008 ;   Lawlor, Frank Ehrenberg, Rachel;   109 words ......re talking about five animals a year, and Fewer than 300 whale deaths can be attributed to naval sonar. How do we know that for...the reason scientists have difficulty assessing how many whale deaths are associated with sonar is that only whales that are found...

Dead whale drifts ashore, raises concern about toxin ; Officials wonder if...

Portland Press Herald (Maine);  August 9, 2003 ;   TED COHEN Staff Writer;   489 words ......died from a toxin suspected in other whale deaths. Byline: TED COHEN Staff Writer Edition...is suspected in several other recent whale deaths. But Greg Jakush, president of Marine...same toxin was suspected in the recent whale deaths in the Gulf of Maine. Marine experts...

Sonar threat.(News)

Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England);  July 16, 2002 ;     26 words ...THE US government is allowing the navy to use a powerful low-frequency sonar to identify enemy submarines, a move environmentalists say will lead to more whale deaths.

ARGENTINA: RED TIDE POISONING SUSPECTED IN WHALE DEATHS

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  January 14, 2008 ;   Marcela Valente /Tierramerica *;   787 words ......determine exactly why the number of whale deaths has shot up along the Atlantic coast...whale-watching tourists. But the number of whale deaths this year is the highest since 1971...that sewage runoff contributed to the whale deaths. Nuevo Gulf is near the city of Puerto...

Gulf of Maine whale deaths raising fears of toxic algae ; Scientists begin...

Portland Press Herald (Maine);  August 2, 2003 ;   JOSIE HUANG Staff Writer;   776 words ......Herald (Maine) 08-02-2003 Gulf of Maine whale deaths raising fears of toxic algae ; Scientists...toxic algae blamed for at least 14 whale deaths in 1987 may have struck again. Blubber...obvious signs of trauma. Large numbers of whale deaths are rare, and some scientists say an...

Experts seek emergency whale protection

Daily Breeze;  July 24, 2005 ;   Jay Lindsay THE ASSOCIATED PRESS;   228 words ...BOSTON -- More than eight in 10 right whale deaths may be going undiscovered, according to marine scientists...public comment, officials say. The estimate of unreported whale deaths is based on a population model that considers the known...

Seeking answers to whale deaths (photo caption only).(News)

The Boston Herald;  May 16, 2007 ;     57 words ......humpback whale that washed ashore on Pebble Beach in Rockport yeasterday, hoping it will yield answers to a mysterious string of whale deaths. Other humpbacks have been found dead in deeper waters over the past year, preventing scientists from doing necropsies. STAFF...

Sharp rise in whale deaths leads to call for sonar ban; Military linked to...

The Sunday Herald;  July 13, 2003 ;   Torcuil Crichton;   787 words ......coastline has been unfortunate this year." The high incidence of whale deaths has pushed LFAS and aquatic noise pollution up the environmental...hundreds of miles away across the ocean. Evidence linking whale deaths to military activity is increasing. Last year whales of various...

Navy denies sonar to blame for whale beaching.

Australasian Business Intelligence;  October 26, 2005 ;     173 words ......Department denies any connection between the technology and the whale deaths. The two minesweepers were using short-range, high- frequency...there is growing support for theories linking active sonar to whale deaths the department claims they have no scientific backing. The...

Navy used sonar near whale beaching.

Australasian Business Intelligence;  October 26, 2005 ;     176 words ......Department denies any connection between the technology and the whale deaths. The two minesweepers were using short-range, high- frequency...there is growing support for theories linking active sonar to whale deaths the department claims they have no scientific backing. The...

Lobstermen tell officials they favor whale preservation, to a point

Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;  July 16, 2003 ;   MISTY EDGECOMB; OF THE NEWS STAFF;   428 words ......fishing lines and nets. About half of all human-caused right whale deaths are believed to be caused by entanglement, according to Bob...industry, which is responsible for the other half of right whale deaths. "It seems fishermen are getting everything dumped on them...

WA: Autopsies so far fail to find what caused whale deaths

AAP General News (Australia);  January 20, 2003 ;     145 words ...00-00-0000 WA: Autopsies so far fail to find what caused whale deaths Autopsies have so far failed to reveal what caused three rare Gray' s beaked whales to die after being rescued last week outside...

NO SPECIAL INQUIRY IS SCHEDULED INTO AREA WHALE DEATHS.(News)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  April 23, 1999 ;     127 words ...The National Marine Fisheries Service does not plan a special investigation of recent whale deaths in Puget Sound, a spokesman said yesterday. Spokesman Brian Gorman said the agency does not consider the deaths unusual. He said...

Navy whale deaths denial.(News)

Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  April 19, 2008 ;     96 words ......have raised concerns ahead of a major NATO naval exercise which starts tomorrow. Sarah Dolman, of WDCS, said: Sonar-related whale deaths are not being taken seriously by the MoD. This doesn't ease our suspicions that these events were associated with naval activities...