The Vancouver Park Board has released its report outlining draft amendments to bylaws governing importation and display of live cetaceans at the Vancouver Aquarium in Stanley Park, Canada. The proposed…
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Examination of an entangled male gray whale on May 4 revealed it was a calf that died after being caught in crab pot lines, near Long Beach Peninsula in Washington…
On Wednesday 3 May the French Environment Minister, Segolene Royal signed legislation bringing into effect conditions which include larger pool size and depth and stopping the use of chlorinated water,…
Marine Connection has for some years supported a campaign by colleagues at ReEarth in the Bahamas to close down a dolphin facility at Blackbeard’s Cay. In 2014 a lawsuit was…
In the past five years, the number of humpback whales making the journey north from feeding grounds in Antarctica to the warmer tropical waters of the Pacific to breed has…
NOAA Fisheries have officially announced an “unusual mortality event” for humpback whales from Maine to North Carolina, USA. The death toll leading to the declaration has risen to 41 whales…
As a result of the ongoing presence of endangered right whales feeding in Cape Cod Bay, the Division of Marine Fisheries has announced that most of Cape Cod Bay will…
Darwin Harbour’s humpback dolphins may be abandoning the area for other waters, according to a new study. For approx three years, researchers for have been monitoring dolphin numbers and their…
An international group of marine scientists including five from British Columbia wants the Canadian government to take steps to cut underwater noise in the Salish Sea off the southern coast…
Marine Connection has joined a coalition led by US based Animal Welfare Institute campaigning for a public boycott of all shrimp caught in Mexico. It is hoped that this action will…
