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IWCWhales
NewsMay 23, 2025
Ship Strikes Kill Two More Sperm Whales Off Canary Islands: Urgent Call for Mandatory Speed Limits
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue Collisions Shipping
Press releaseMay 22, 2025
Two More Sperm Whales Killed by Ship Strikes in Canary Islands Highlight Urgent Need for Vessel Speed Reduction
Read nowCollisions Shipping Whales
Press releaseMay 08, 2025
SAvE Whales: Turning Vision into Action to Mitigate Ship Strikes
Read nowSaveWhales Shipping Whales
NewsApr 15, 2025
Iceland’s Whaling Company Pauses Whaling – But There Is No Change of Heart From The Government
Read nowSpecies Conservation Whale Hunting Whales
Press releaseMar 26, 2025
When Walruses Wander: New Study Charts Course for Helping Displaced Marine Mammals
Read nowAnimal Rescue Out of Habitat Whales
NewsFeb 19, 2025
Norway Still Defies Global Ban and Threatens to Expand Whaling
Read nowWhale Hunting Whales
NewsFeb 13, 2025
Scientists Map Essential Habitats for Threatened Whales in Northwest Atlantic and Caribbean
Read nowSpecies Conservation Whales
NewsFeb 12, 2025
Greek Shipping Industry Engages in Marine Protection
Read nowSaveWhales Shipping Whales
Story
Urgent call on new Icelandic Government to Reverse Decision of Interim Administration to Allow Whaling
Read nowWhale Hunting Whales
NewsNov 27, 2024
Heartbreaking Stranding of Cuvier’s Beaked Whale in Almería
Read nowUnderwater Noise Pollution Whales
NewsNov 15, 2024
Why Whales and Dolphins are Eating Plastic – New Insights
Read nowDolphins Plastic Pollution Whales
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Whaling: Call for Release of Captain Paul Watson – Open Letter (2024)
Read nowIWC Whales
NewsOct 04, 2024
OceanCare Calls for Release of Captain Paul Watson
Read nowIWC Whales
Story
International Whaling Commission – Reflections on the Historic Meeting
Read nowIWC
Press releaseSep 27, 2024
IWC meeting strengthens whaling moratorium
Read nowIWC Species Conservation Whales
NewsSep 24, 2024
Commercial Whaling: Fallen Out of Time
Read nowIWC Whales
Publication
Cacería de Ballenas: Moratoria de la CBI para Proteger a las Cetáceos – Resumen (2024)
Read nowIWC Whales
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Whaling: IWC’s Moratorium to Protect Cetaceans – Briefing (2024)
Read nowIWC Whales
Press releaseSep 20, 2024
OceanCare will defend global efforts to protect whales at pivotal IWC meeting in Peru
Read nowIWC Species Conservation Whales
NewsSep 06, 2024
Suggestion that the International Whaling Commission should be closed down is ill-informed nonsense
Read nowIWC Whales
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Cacería de ballenas: Comisión Ballenera Internacional de vital importancia – NGO Rebuttal (2024)
Read nowIWC Whales
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Whaling: International Whaling Commission Remains Vitally Important – NGO Rebuttal (2024)
Read nowIWC Whales
NewsAug 12, 2024
La Sexta: Slow down to save the sperm whales
Read nowCollisions Shipping Whales
NewsAug 02, 2024
Japan: First Fin Whale Killed in Commercial Whaling
Read nowIWC Whales
NewsJul 30, 2024
Tragic Loss of Sperm Whale Julio Highlights Need for Strict Speed Limits 
Read nowCollisions Whales
Story
New Study Underlines Cruelty of the Faroes Pilot Whale Hunt
Read nowFaroe Islands Whales
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Tráfico Marítimo: Reducción de velocidad en el Corredor de Migración de Cetáceos – Información general (2024)
Read nowShipping Whales
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Shipping: Speed Reduction in the Cetacean Migration Corridor – Background Information (2024)
Read nowShipping Whales
Press releaseJul 23, 2024
New Report Exposes Acute Welfare Issues in Faroe Pilot Whale Hunt
Read nowDolphins Faroe Islands Species Conservation
NewsJul 10, 2024
Conference: Ship speed reduction to protect large whales in the Mediterranean Cetacean Migration Corridor
Read nowCollisions Shipping Whales
Press releaseJul 08, 2024
Limiting ship speed is necessary to prevent extinction of great whales in the North-Western Mediterranean
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue Collisions Shipping
NewsJun 27, 2024
Whaling Update: When International Regulation Gets Ignored
Read nowIWC Whales
Press releaseJun 19, 2024
SAvE Whales: Implementation agreement with Greece signed
Read nowCollisions Whales
Press releaseJun 11, 2024
Iceland’s decision to issue new whale killing quota condemned by conservation experts
Read nowIWC Whales
Press releaseJun 11, 2024
Japan Announces Whaling Expansion: Death Sentence for North Pacific Fin Whales
Read nowIWC Whales
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Fin Whales Back in the Harpooner’s Sights Across the World
Read nowIWC Whales
Press releaseMay 09, 2024
OceanCare appalled by Japan’s plans to add fin whales to its North Pacific whale hunt
Read nowWhales
NewsMay 09, 2024
Faroe Islands – First Whale Hunt of the Year – 40 reported killed
Read nowFaroe Islands Whales
Press releaseApr 17, 2024
Scientists, civil society and Greek government to deploy technology to prevent ship strikes on sperm whales in the Kythera strait
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue Collisions Shipping
Press releaseFeb 01, 2024
New study: Urgent science-based conservation action needed for Adriatic whales and dolphins
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue Dolphins Species Conservation
NewsOct 03, 2023
Iceland’s whaling season ends – 24 whales caught in 24 days
Read nowIWC Whale Hunting Whales
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Whaling: Unravelling the Truth, Whale killing in the Faroe Islands – Report (2023)
Read nowFaroe Islands Whales
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The Iceland Whaling Saga continues
Read nowIWC Species Conservation Whales
Press releaseSep 25, 2023
New Report Debunks Claims of Whale and Dolphin Hunters in Faroe Islands
Read nowDolphins Faroe Islands Species Conservation
Press releaseAug 31, 2023
Harpoons to be fired again as Iceland resumes its fin whale hunt
Read nowIWC Whale Hunting Whales
NewsAug 25, 2023
Experts speak out on misrepresentation of Iberian orca attacks on vessels
Read nowDolphins Orcas Species Conservation
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Spain: Iberian Orcas and their Interaction with Boats – Open Letter (2023)
Read nowDolphins Orcas Species Conservation
Press releaseAug 19, 2023
Sailors shoot at critically endangered Orcas in Spanish waters
Read nowOrcas Species Conservation Whales
NewsJul 29, 2023
French shipping company CMA CGM moves shipping routes out of important whale habitat
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue Collisions Shipping
NewsJul 27, 2023
Mass pilot whale strandings at opposite ends of the world cause great concern
Read nowWhales
Publication
Tourism: Treating Marine Wildlife with Respect – Infosheet (2023)
Read nowDolphins Seals Whales
Press releaseJul 06, 2023
NEWS from the IMO in London: NW-Mediterranean declared as PSSA to protect endangered whales from ship strikes!
Read nowCollisions Shipping Whales
NewsJun 29, 2023
Important new UK government report on marine mammals published
Read nowDolphins Seals Whales
NewsJun 21, 2023
Good news: Iceland’s whaling has been dramatically halted
Read nowSpecies Conservation Whales
NewsJun 13, 2023
Whale research project in Norway kills whale
Read nowSpecies Conservation Whales
NewsJun 13, 2023
The father of whale song passes away: saluting our friend, Dr Roger Payne
Read nowSpecies Conservation Whales
Press releaseJun 01, 2023
Major Danish shipping company strives for a brighter future for endangered sperm whales in Greek waters
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue Collisions Shipping
Story
Icelandic Veterinary Authorities Speak Out Strongly on the Cruelty of Whaling
Read nowWhales
NewsMar 05, 2023
New scientific paper emphasizes the major welfare concerns related to boat strikes on whales
Read nowCollisions Shipping Whales
NewsFeb 28, 2023
Highly unusual beaked whale strandings in Cyprus caused by naval exercises
Read nowUnderwater Noise Pollution Whales
NewsFeb 24, 2023
Scientists warn: Noise from deep-sea mining would threaten whales
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue Deep-Sea Mining Underwater Noise Pollution
NewsFeb 19, 2023
Major Shipping Company slows down to protect Whales
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue Collisions Shipping
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Plastic Pollution: International Whaling Commission and Plastics – Briefing (2022)
Read nowInternational Cooperation IWC Plastic Pollution
NewsJan 29, 2023
New evidence published that European baleen whales may be shifting northwards as a response to climate change
Read nowClimate Change Whales
NewsJan 23, 2023
Japan threatens to expand its whaling
Read nowSpecies Conservation Whales
Story
The whaling scene in ‘Avatar-the way of water’ compared with real whale hunting
Read nowSpecies Conservation Whales
Press releaseDec 15, 2022
IMO regulates shipping in the NW Mediterranean to protect endangered whales
Read nowCollisions International Cooperation Marine Protected Areas
Press releaseDec 05, 2022
The Mediterranean and Black Seas are not a safe place for whales and dolphins
Read nowCollisions Whales
Story
The impacts of underwater noise on marine life
Read nowUnderwater Noise Pollution Whales
Story
Will «Moby Dick» disappear from the Eastern Mediterranean Sea?
Read nowCollisions Whales
Story
Climate Giants – How whales help to fight climate change
Read nowClimate Change Whales
Story
Outrage at the meeting of the International Whaling Commission
Read nowIWC
Story
International Whaling Commission (IWC)
Read nowInternational Cooperation IWC Whales
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Whaling: Whaling and the SDGs – Briefing (2022)
Read nowInternational Cooperation IWC Species Conservation
Story
Ship strikes: The urgent need to slow down vessels
Read nowCollisions Shipping Whales
NewsOct 21, 2022
OceanCare Statement on debate about and in Antigua and Barbuda
Read nowInternational Cooperation IWC Whales
Press releaseOct 21, 2022
IWC keeps moratorium in place and takes timid step towards a more conservation agenda
Read nowInternational Cooperation IWC
Press releaseOct 17, 2022
Despite leaving, Japan still pulls the strings within Whaling Commission
Read nowInternational Cooperation IWC Whales
Press releaseOct 13, 2022
Pro-whaling nations threaten the demise of the IWC by pushing to resume commercial whaling
Read nowInternational Cooperation IWC
Story
Hope for blue whales off Sri Lanka
Read nowCollisions Shipping Whales
Story
SAvE Whales: Successful high-tech project to protect sperm whales
Read nowFeatured Collisions Whales
Press releaseSep 08, 2022
Major shipping company shifts lanes to help save Sri Lankan blue whales
Read nowCollisions Shipping Whales
Story
Creating winds of change: 30 years of campaigning on Faroe Islands whale & dolphin hunts
Read nowDolphins Faroe Islands Whales
Story
Tips for whale and dolphin tourism
Read nowDolphins Tips Whales
NewsJul 19, 2022
40th anniversary of global ban on commercial whaling celebrated
Read nowInternational Cooperation Whales
NewsJun 24, 2022
Iceland kills first fin whale in four years
Read nowWhales
NewsJun 18, 2022
Whaling in Iceland imminent despite new evidence of public concern
Read nowWhales
Press releaseMay 30, 2022
Successful high-tech project to protect the last sperm whales in the Mediterranean Sea
Read nowAnimal Rescue Whales
Publication
Áreas Marinas Protegidas: AMP en Argentina y Distribución de Cetáceos – Informe ESP (2022)
Read nowDolphins IWC Marine Protected Areas
Publication
Marine Protected Areas: MPA in Argentina and Cetacean Distribution – Report (2022)
Read nowDolphins Marine Protected Areas Whales
NewsApr 25, 2022
Icelandic Whalers push to turn the tide to continue whaling
Read nowWhales
Press releaseMar 23, 2022
Iceland looks set to resume whaling again
Read nowWhales
Press releaseMar 10, 2022
Update on Greece: Oil exploration linked to stranding of protected whales off Corfu
Read nowUnderwater Noise Pollution Whales
Press releaseFeb 20, 2022
Greece: Oil exploration linked to stranding of protected whales off Corfu
Read nowUnderwater Noise Pollution Whales
NewsFeb 05, 2022
Why Iceland’s announcement that it is abandoning whaling is so important
Read nowWhales
NewsFeb 05, 2022
Good news: Iceland’s whales will be safe from harpoons from 2024
Read nowWhales
Press releaseJan 27, 2022
Major shipping company helps save endangered sperm whales in the Mediterranean
Read nowCollisions Marine Protected Areas Whales
NewsJan 18, 2022
SaveMoby from Extinction
Read nowCollisions Whales
Press releaseDec 21, 2021
EU Member States Condemn Faroe Islands Drive Hunts
Read nowDolphins Whales
Story
The Sad Story of a 21st Century Whale
Read nowWhales
Press releaseDec 09, 2021
The Mediterranean is not a safe home for all whale and dolphin species
Read nowDolphins Whales
Press releaseDec 02, 2021
International Whaling Commission (IWC) at the crossroads
Read nowIWC Whales
Story
About Christmas and Crowdfunding for whale killing – Japan’s whaling continues
Read nowWhales
Publication
Whales & Dolphins: Under Pressure in European Waters – Report (2021)
Read nowDolphins Faroe Islands Whales
Story
Vaquita – losing the struggle for survival
Read nowSpecies Conservation Vaquita Whales
Story
Whale recovery threat from climate change – the Antarctic evidence
Read nowClimate Change Whales
Publication
Whaling: A 50-Year-Vision for the IWC – Briefing (2021)
Read nowInternational Cooperation IWC Species Conservation
NewsSep 17, 2021
Faroe Islands: It simply has to stop!
Read nowDolphins Faroe Islands Whales
NewsAug 31, 2021
Protecting the habitat of whales and dolphins off Tenerife – OceanCare joins Save Fonsalía Platform
Read nowWhales
Press releaseJul 16, 2021
Can Whale Poo Help Save the Planet?
Read nowClimate Change IWC Whales
Story
Scientists warn: European Whales and Dolphins under Pressure of Extinction
Read nowDolphins Whales
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Ocean Noise: Aguas silenciosas para ballenas y delfines – Informe ESP (2021)
Read nowDolphins Underwater Noise Pollution Whales
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Ocean Noise: Quiet Waters for Whales and Dolphins – Report (2021)
Read nowDolphins Underwater Noise Pollution Whales
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Whales: Whale Watching – Guidelines (2016)
Read nowTips Whales
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Whaling: Frozen in Time, Whaling in Norway – Report (2016)
Read nowIWC Whales
Publication
Ocean Noise: Cuvier’s beaked whales & Mediterranean Monk Seals – Report (2015)
Read nowSeals Underwater Noise Pollution Whales
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Whaling: Japan’s Aid to Fishing Industry – Report (2002, Update 2014)
Read nowInternational Cooperation IWC
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Whaling: Amazon and Whaling – Report EIA (2012)
Read nowIWC Whales
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Whaling: Toxic Menu, Whale Meat Contamination – Report (2012)
Read nowChemical Pollution IWC Whales
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Whaling: Breaking Ranks, Denmark and Whaling – Report (2012)
Read nowIWC Whales
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Whaling: Japan’s polluted Whale, Dolphin and Porpoise Products – Report EIA (2008)
Read nowChemical Pollution Whales
Publication
Whaling: Non-Compliance within the IWC – Report (2006)
Read nowIWC Whales
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Whaling: Japan’s Aid to Fishing Industry – Report (2002)
Read nowInternational Cooperation IWC
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International Fora: Vote-Buying – Legal Opinion (2001)
Read nowInternational Cooperation IWC
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International Fora: States exercising Power on Voting Behavior of other States – Legal Opinion (2001)
Read nowInternational Cooperation IWC
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Whaling: IWC Competence to Manage Small Cetaceans – Legal Analysis (1998)
Read nowIWC Whales