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#whaling

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Emus for Entropy

"The southwest coast of #Australia hosts one of the world's few southern right #whale populations ... We knew their numbers were increasing since the 1970s but, given recent signs of slowing birth rates in ... populations elsewhere, it was important to re-assess how their recovery was progressing in Australia," Grundlehner said.

"We analyzed 49 years of aerial survey data from 1976 to 2024 ... across more than 2,000 kilometers of coastline, available from ... monitoring efforts initiated by the late John Bannister. And we were very concerned to find not only slowed growth in births ... but an actual halt and what looks like the onset of a decline.

"We found that annual births began to stagnate around 2016 and observed declining trends in the number of animals visiting the coast. ... the number of other individuals that visit has dropped by 66% between 2011 and 2024," she said.

#Whales#Whaling#Recovery
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John :au: :hb:

#SouthernRightWhale #population growth has stalled, scientists say, with a possible 'onset of a decline'.

Australia's southern right whale population growth has #stalled, raising questions about the recovery of a species that was nearly driven to #extinction by historical #whaling, according to a new study.

abc.net.au/news/2025-05-01/ima

ABC News · Something is happening with the southern right whale population, scientists sayBy Ellen Coulter
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Geri ❤️

For the second year in a row, the whaling season has not taken place in Iceland, and there is every likelihood this abhorrent practice may be consigned to the past.

Strangely, here is one of the reasons as to why it no longer happens.

#Iceland’s second largest #whaling company, IP-Utgerd, ceased operations in 2020, citing declining profits and demand for whale meat facilitated by the #COVID-19 pandemic

Possibly Covid's only benefit?

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Mo's Iceland photos

Some good news and some bad news from #Iceland.

Hvalur hf. - the only company licensed for this barbaric "hunting" - has cancelled this year’s #whaling season.

Fortunately, market changes mean that exporting the "product" is no longer economically viable.
Unfortunately, the bad news is that this means nearly 200 local people are out of work. Let's hope that they find better permanent employment before the 2026 butchery begins.

grapevine.is/news/2025/04/14/h

A colour photo of a seascape with a snowy coastline on the horizon. In the foreground, amongst the choppy waves, is the sleek black back of a whale, its dorsal fin above the water, showing its recognisable humpback.
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Different Than

Hey #history and #maritime and #shipping expert people:

Here's a dataset about #whaling with some variables I don't understand (neither do the students using it for an intro #statistics project). If you have any insight into what these variables/terms mean, will you share that?

  • Number of whales struck (does this mean "harpooned," maybe?)
  • Number of whales tried out (no idea)

The data are here:

whalinghistory.org/av/logs/com

whalinghistory.orgCoML Whales encountered and captured – Whaling History
#help#request#highered
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MediaFaro News Digest

The whaling season is cancelled for second consecutive year in Iceland.

Iceland's largest whaling company – Hvalur hf. – will not be hunting this season. This marks the second consecutive year that the company has opted out of whaling during the summer season.

The controversial practice of ‘whaling’, hunting and killing whales to extract and sell their meat is currently only permitted in Iceland, Norway and Japan.

mediafaro.org/article/20250413

A largely submerged whale. | Copyright Benny F. Nielsen/AP2010
Euronews · The whaling season is cancelled for second consecutive year in Iceland.By Malek Fouda
#Iceland#Whaling#Norway
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Vittoria Pirone 🇪🇺

American-Canadian environmental activist Paul Watson, a leading figure in the defense of whales, is now free to travel abroad after Interpol suspended his arrest request from Japan, the NGO Sea Shepherd France announced Tuesday. Speaking on FRANCE 24, Paul Watson says that Interpol has been weaponized by many countries to go after whistleblowers, activists and dissidents.
#SeaShepherd #whaling #Interpol #conservation #environment

youtube.com/watch?v=j3wuDefxiIA

YouTubeInterpol has been weaponized, Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson says • FRANCE 24 EnglishBy FRANCE 24 English
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anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖

Days after Watson’s arrest, the same #whaling fleet slaughtered an #endangered #FinWhale- the first of its #species to be killed in 50 years.

#PaulWatson has dedicated his life to the #protection and #conservation of not only #whales, but all #MarineLife. While the #ocean faces dire threats, Watson is a man of action, and as near to a living Poseidon as anyone could be. It’s a rare thing to witness such passion and dedication,

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anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖

based on fabricated allegations of “conspiring to trespass”. To this day the #whaling ship has never been held accountable for their actions.

14 years later on July 21st, 2024, #PaulWatson was apprehended in #Nuuk, #Greenland when his ship stopped to refuel. While #Japan struggles to construct #evidence, #Watson is still imprisoned, with his court date being pushed back again and again. His latest court date is December 2nd- his 74th birthday.

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