Twenty-Six Countries Meet to Progress Sea Cow and Seagrass Conservation
Convention on Migratory Species | 26 Feb 2013
Manila, Philippines, 20 February 2013 - The Second Signatory State Meeting for the Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation and Management of Dugongs and their Habitats throughout their Range (Dugong MOU) was hosted by the Government of the Philippines on 19 and 20 February in Manila, Philippines.
 Indian Ocean | Pacific Ocean | Conservation | Marine Mammals

High-tech help for whales
New Zealand Herald | 24 Feb 2013
Scientists are delving deep into the travels of whales - thanks to high-tech tracking devices - to try to help protect them.
 Marine Mammals | Research

Whalers suspend hunt
New Zealand Herald | 21 Feb 2013
Japanese whalers have temporarily suspended their annual hunt in the Southern Ocean because protesters are making refuelling too dangerous. Japan's Institute of Cetacean Research (ICR) says its Antarctic whale research mother ship Nisshin Maru was damaged yesterday (Wed) when it and a supply tanker were sabotaged by the Sea Shepherd ships Steve Irwin, Bob Barker and Sam Simon.
 Southern Ocean | Activism | Marine Mammals

Sea Shepherd protest ships rammed by whalers
New Zealand Herald | 20 Feb 2013
Crews aboard an anti-whaling protest ship in the Southern Ocean have escaped injury but are struggling to mend "significant damage" to their vessel after it was rammed by Japanese whalers.
 Southern Ocean | Activism | Marine Mammals

Sea Shepherd activists clash with Japanese whaler in Southern Ocean
Guardian Unlimited | 20 Feb 2013
Anti-whaling activists say a Japanese whaling ship has rammed two of their vessels, marking the first clash of this winter's "whale wars" in the freezing Antarctic seas. The marine conservation group Sea Shepherd called on Australia to send a naval vessel to the area after claims that the whaling fleet's factory ship, the Nisshin Maru, had collided with two of its vessels including its flagship, the Steve Irwin.
 Southern Ocean | Activism | Marine Mammals

Sea Shepherd: defending the integrity of the Southern Ocean whale sanctuary (opinion)
Guardian Unlimited | 18 Feb 2013
Our Antarctic campaign has become stronger and more efficient - but the Japanese whalers are getting recklessly aggressive.
 Southern Ocean | Activism | Marine Mammals

Songs Amid the Sounds
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | 11 Feb 2013
Seismologist Dan Lizarralde and whale biologist Laela Sayigh think new software could be developed to extract whale calls from recordings made by seismic instruments. If successful, their work could make seismic records a huge source of data on whale calls.
 Pacific Ocean | Marine Mammals | Research

Japan govt accused of propping up whaling industry
New Zealand Herald | 07 Feb 2013
The Japanese government has been accused of using tsunami relief funding to support its struggling whaling industry.The International Fund for Animal Welfare's (IFAW) report - The Economics of Japanese Whaling - was published today, following a year of research into the industry.
 Economy | Marine Mammals

Dolphins 'saved' by distress call
BBC | 03 Feb 2013
The distress call of a young dolphin is used to lure to safety a large pod of the animals in danger of being stranded off Western Australia.
 Pacific Ocean | Marine Mammals

Australia orders Japanese whalers to stay away
Guardian Unlimited | 01 Feb 2013
Australia has demanded Japan's whalers leave the southern ocean, after a support vessel for the fleet was found to have entered its waters in pursuit of environmental activists.The Australian environment minister, Tony Burke, told the whalers they were not welcome in the region following confirmation that the Shonan Maru No 2 had entered the country's exclusive economic zone near Macquarie Island.
 Southern Ocean | Marine Mammals