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Sudden drop of minke whale populations

Yves Roumazeilles — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:07:55 +0000

A scientific study coming from Iceland suggest that in the recent years the minke whale population suddenly dropped from 45000 in 2001 to less than 15000 last year. This is a enormous change that is not yet explained for a small whale that was more or less protected by its smaller size (big whales bring bigger profits).

Source: Science Blogs.

Near the end of whaling?

Yves Roumazeilles — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 12:57:37 +0000

This is the question or the hope that we can have after the opening of a legal investigation in Japan. A public prosecutor announced on last 19th of May that he decided to explore the observed operations of sale of whale meat to restaurants.

Greenpeace actively participates and there are many people hoping this to be the first step toward a true prohibition of Japanese whaling (even for “scientific” reasons).

Source: NewScientist.

Japan: Whaling for research purposes

Yves Roumazeilles — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:34:15 +0000

Nature best photographs of 2007

Yves Roumazeilles — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:07:54 +0000

See them all at http://www.naturesbestphotography.com/

Jürgen Freund
OCEANS
Dwarf Minke Whale
Ribbon Reefs, Great Barrier Reef, Australia