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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’...

Call to discontinue search for new oil and gas deposits

by OceanCare | 25/09/2019 | Media Release

OceanCare calls on governments to commit to an immediate Phase-Out Roadmap for hydrocarbon exploration in the seabed New York, 25th September: Speaking at the Climate Action Summit and after today’s Blue Leaders breakfast, and responding to recent information about...

Innovative hightech-project to save endangered whales from ship-strikes already started

by OceanCare | 17/07/2019 | Media Release

Athens/Zurich, 17th July 2019: Today, the multinational interdisciplinary “SAvE Whales” project, which combines expertise from the fields of marine biology, underwater acoustics, applied mathematics, computer networking, informatics and real-time marine traffic data,...

Japan begins commercial hunting of over 200 great whales

by OceanCare | 02/07/2019 | Media Release

Wädenswil, Switzerland, 1st July 2019: Five whaling ships set sail today and the first minke whale has already been harpooned. It is the beginning of the first commercial whaling activities in 33 years since the global moratorium on whaling came into force. The...

Japan to harpoon both whales and ban on commercial whaling

by OceanCare | 27/06/2019 | Media Release

Wädenswil, 27 June 2019: As of 1 July, the Japanese government gives the green light for the resumption of commercial whaling, thereby breaking several taboos. The island state, who withdraws from the International Whaling Commission (IWC) effective by end of June...

The women and the sea

by OceanCare | 07/06/2019 | Media Release

World Oceans Day 2019: United Nations celebrate the oceans through the gender lens, paying tribute to outstanding people who work to protect the sea. Women like Sigrid Lüber from Switzerland who founded OceanCare 30 years ago. Wädenswil, 6 June 2019. Coinciding with...

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