At the 2003 meeting of the International Whaling Commission Scientific Committee, scientists from the U.S. and the U.K. estimated global cetacean bycatch (the entanglement of cetaceans in fishing gear ...

Many of the world’s cetaceans (whales, dolphins or porpoises) are vulnerable to extinction, from Mexico’s vaquita porpoise to New Zealand’s Maui’s dolphin to the North Atlantic right whale. Many of ...

Cetacean bycatch has been a major conservation and animal welfare concern in the EU for decades, but moves are afoot to potentially water down protections for such sensitive marine species. Sarah ...

Only 19 cases of cetacean bycatch reported under Defra scheme, but experts say figure much higher Only a handful of instances of accidental bycatch of whales, dolphins and porpoises have been recorded ...

New research from the University of St Andrews provides important insights into patterns of marine mammal bycatch in UK fisheries. Published this week in the ICES Journal of Marine Science, ...

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Recent stranding events of live whales and dolphins on British shores raise questions of why they happen. There are multiple possible answers depending on the species of whales and where the whales ...

With hundreds of thousands of whales and dolphins dying every year after being accidentally entangled in fishing gear, the world must take concrete steps during the International Whaling Commission ...

A group of international scientists have asserted that the dolphin population could be at as low as 13% of what it used to be, after overfishing caused an “alarming” drop in numbers. The study, which ...

The number of whales, porpoises and dolphins being washed up on the UK’s shores is on the rise, and human activity is largely to blame, say experts A whale’s tail swishes high into the air, pausing at ...