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Petition to end the Faroese Whale and Dolphin hunts
On the 12th September 2021 at least 1,400 Atlantic white-sided dolphins and dozens of juveniles were killed in one single mass killing event in the Faore Islands. This is the largest dolphin hunt in the islands’ history and possibly the largest single hunt ever undertaken worldwide. It happened at the doorstep of the European Union which grants these marine mammals the highest protection status and prohibits any direct takes. Together we call for an end of these hunts!
Major shipping company helps save sperm whales
The leading shipping and logistics conglomerate, MSC Group, is the first major shipping company to re-route their ships on the west coast of Greece to reduce the risk of collision with endangered sperm whales in the Mediterranean.
Call on Spain to become a world pioneer in the protection of Cetaceans from underwater noise pollution
The OceanCare report “Quiet Waters for Whales and Dolphins” was presented at the press conference in Palma de Mallorca this November. This document is designed to support the Spanish Ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge (MITECO) in the development of the conservation management plan for the Cetacean Migration Corridor.
OceanLove – the most beautiful sides of the ocean. In your mailbox at the beginning of each month.
An eventful year is coming to an end and new challenges are already awaiting marine conservationists like you. Underwater noise, plastic pollution, overfishing, animal issues: there is much to do. We are so grateful that you do not turn a blind eye to these problems but help us find solutions. That is why we would like to thank you with a small gift. Each month, starting in January, we will send you a stunning picture of a marine animal to download for your desktop and mobile wallpaper, with a positive message or a fascinating fact.
It should remind us why we are marine conservationists. For the love of the ocean and marine life.
Good news: Iceland’s whales will be safe from harpoons from 2024
Iceland, one of the two last European countries who had still been hunting whales for commercial purposes in defiance of the international moratorium on commercial whaling, has been hunting fin whales and minke whales for many years, allocating quotas to themselves....
A Hunted Species: what we really know about Atlantic white-sided dolphins
When the news broke that hunters in the Faroe Islands had driven more than 1,400 Atlantic white-sided dolphins to their deaths on September 12th last year in a single hunt, cries of concern, disbelief and horror rang out from all over the world. OceanCare responded by...
About Christmas and Crowdfunding for whale killing, Japan’s whaling continues
Three years have passed since Japan announced it would leave the International Whaling Commission (IWC), the global organisation which regulates whaling and the conservation of whale populations, and which banned commercial whaling worldwide in 1986. The announcement...
