WDCS North America

EU To Ban Seal Products

Greenland Kills First Bowhead Whale In Almost 40 Years

Thousands Of Belugas Spotted Off Newfoundland Coast

Iceland's Government Wins Election

Oil And Whaling Don't Mix

Marine Education Conference
Three-day marine education conference April 24th to 26th in Provincetown to exchange ideas and provide additional tools to naturalist/science educators, interns, volunteers, and those involved with whale watching or research in the Gulf of Maine

International Yacht Race Charts Course To Avoid Endangered Whales
Boston, 24th April 2009: After an exhausting journey of more than 4500 nautical miles of intense high sea racing, the vessels participating in the Volvo Ocean Race agreed to plot a course that reduces the risk of collision with whales.

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NOAA Vessel Strikes Right Whale
“If an informed crew on a research vessel, with posted observers, can hit a right whale, anyone can” said WDCS Senior Biologist, Regina Asmutis-Silvia. “This is a call to all mariners transiting areas whales are known to inhabit to proceed with caution

Ocean Life Symposium Held In Eastern Caribbean
WDCS attended The Ocean Life Symposium sponsored by the Eastern Caribbean Coalition for Environmental Awareness (ECCEA) and the Pew Environment Group, in coordination with UNEP’s Caribbean Environment Program from March 23-25th on Dominica.

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The World’s First Conference On Marine Protected Areas For Marine Mammals
Over 150 marine experts from 30 countries around the world will gather in Maui, Hawaii, March 30th to April 3rd to build plans for networks of protected areas, which will help conserve vulnerable species and the places on which they depend.