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Chile's Waters Made Whale Sanctuary
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Chilean congress passes a law that will make the surrounding oceans a whale sanctuary.
Chile Institutes Whaling Ban
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Chile declared a permanent ban on whaling in its waters on Monday, as conservation groups feared an International Whaling Commission meeting it is hosting will fail to halt the world's top whaler...
Chile Under Fire For Results Of Intensive Salmon Fish Farm
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Beneath the rows of neatly laid netting around the fish farms just off the shore of Chile, the salmon are dying.
Environmentalists Want Chile's Waters To Become A Whale Sanctuary
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Although Chile's Administrative Fishery Law protects the Cetacean species in Chilean waters until 2025, environmentalist groups want all waterways in the country declared a whale sanctuary. The...
Sunken Antarctic cruise ship leaves oil spill, threatening 2,500 penguins
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About 2,500 penguins en route to their Antarctic mating grounds could be sickened by a diesel fuel spill from a Canadian cruise ship that struck an iceberg and sank last week.
A marine biologist...
Whale Sanctuary Call In Advance Of 2008 IWC Congress
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Representatives from 15 Latin American non-governmental organizations specializing in cetacean research called last week upon Chileus parliament to protect whales against commercial and scientific...
Namibia Limits Fish Catches
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New limits on catches of the endangered Patagonian toothfish, regarded as a culinary delicacy in Japan, have been imposed by a Namibia-based regional fishing organisation.
Hashali Hamukuaya,...
Chile: Giant Predatory Humboldt Squid Invasion Threatens
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An invasion of predatory Humboldt squid into northern Pacific waters is decimating hake catches in the Pacific Ocean, including along Chileus coast. This is the conclusion of an extensive study...
New Climate Plan Unveiled For G8 Meeting
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A grouping of former heads of state will present a plan to G8 environment ministers meeting in Berlin on Tuesday aimed at breaking the impasse between rich and poor countries over global warming....
TNC Top Ten Threats To Oceans And Coasts In South America
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The Nature Conservancy released an unprecedented study highlighting the top ten threats to marine conservation in South America. Citing over-fishing as the number one threat, compounded by intense...
Lake Disappears In Chile
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Scientists in Chile are investigating the sudden disappearance of a glacial lake in the south of the country.
When park rangers patrolled the area in the Magallanes region in March, the...
More On Bottom Trawling Ban - Great News
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A landmark agreement has been reached to end high seas bottom trawling, one of the world's most destructive fishing practices, in nearly a quarter of the world's oceans.
The deal, made at an...
Saving Them From The Fire
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Manila Restaurants Abolish Endangered Dishes. Shark fin Siomai. Turtle Soup. Chilean Sea Bass. Three of many dishes widely served in local and international restaurants. Delicious perhaps....
Interview With Dr. Erich Hoyt
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The following is a very informative interview with our very own Director of Marine Mammals, Dr. Erich Hoyt about Marine Protected Areas
(written by Elsa Cabrera for La Tercera, Santiago, Chile...
Sea Shepherd Launches Operation Leviathan With New Ship
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Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's Operation Leviathan is underway to stop the Japanese whaling fleets' illegal slaughter of over a thousand whales. With its newly acquired ship named the M/Y...
Chilean President Awards Marine Centre For Blue Whale Conservation
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Blue whale conservation in Chile has received a boost with a seal of approval from the country's president.
Chilean President Michelle Bachelete conferred the Bicentennial Seal - a national...
Sea Shepherd Calls For A Ban Of Alibaba.com's Listings Supporting The Shark Fin Trade
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Alibaba.com, one of the largest online trading companies in the world, is offering shark related products mostly in the form of fins. In a recent newsletter published by the Shark Research...
Whales Found To Speak In Dialects
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We could blame our accents and different dialects on self-imposed borders but that doesn't explain why animals like whales from different regions speak in dialects. Using underwater microphones,...
Pirates, Vacuum-fishing Threaten Antarctic Waters
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Pirates seeking Chilean sea bass and fishing vessels that vacuum up tiny shrimp-like creatures that are a staple for whales, seals and penguins are menacing Antarctic waters, environmentalists said...
Harmful Algal Blooms Monitored From Space In Chile
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Chile is currently the world's largest producer of farmed salmon and has a burgeoning mussel culture industry that is supplying a growing world market. However, the country's marine aquaculture...
Giant "squid" In Chile Scares Vacationers
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Apparently an eight year old girl was swimming in the Chinquihue beach when she began screaming for help. Several people went to her rescue and came across the giant cephalopod at waist depth,...
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