October 2019 | OceanCare

Silvia Frey sets new sails

by OceanCare | 24/10/2019 | News

Upon conclusion of the 2019 cetacean research season, Silvia Frey ends her long-standing engagement with OceanCare. She joined us in 1997 as a research associate and in 2000 took over the management of the cetacean research programme, which quickly developed into an...

The Hellenic Trench is important for marine mammals.

by OceanCare | 23/10/2019 | News

Canyons are striking landscape features, providing habitat for a great diversity of wildlife. The same is true for marine canyons. One very remarkable underwater canyon is the Hellenic Trench in the eastern Mediterranean, which stretches across more than 50,000 km²...

After 20 years, OceanCare successfully completes its field research in the Mediterranean Sea and presents its findings in relevant fora

by OceanCare | 08/10/2019 | News

From 2000 to 2015 OceanCare carried out a monitoring project in the Pelagos Sanctuary in the Corso-Liguro-Provencal sector of the Mediterranean Sea and documented the temporal and spatial distribution of cetaceans in this area during 6-8 weeks and several hundred...

Japanese court rules in favour of dolphin conservationist Ric O’Barry

by OceanCare | 04/10/2019 | News

Ric O’Barry is a tireless fighter for dolphin protection. For many years he has been travelling to Japan to document the dolphin hunt in the Taiji cove and to support local conservationists – until 2016, when the Japanese government decided to deport Ric O’Barry from...

Norway’s Whaling Future Uncertain after Survey Shows Little Domestic Appetite for Whale Meat

by OceanCare | 04/10/2019 | Media Release

2nd October 2019: The future of Norway’s whaling industry appears to be in serious doubt as it struggles to deal with low catch numbers, falling prices for whale meat and declining interest in its products on the domestic market. The head of Norway’s Whalers’...