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4 days ago · The case appears to be the first time someone has been criminally charged for taking a sperm whale in Alaska, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office of Alaska. Sperm whales can be more than 50 ...
3 days ago · Sperm whale protection focus of marine sanctuary creation in Caribbean | 60 Minutes 14:10. This is an updated version of a story first published on May 14, 2023. The original video can be viewed here.
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5 days ago · A Ketchikan fisherman has pleaded guilty in federal court to killing an endangered sperm whale in a first-of-its-kind case that highlights a long, little known conflict between the giant toothed whales and the fishermen whose sablefish catch they have learned to raid.
5 days ago · To get enough examples of the sperm whale clicks in Dominica, where there is a resident population of about 200 whales, scientists created a giant underwater recording studio with microphones at ...
5 days ago · A Southeast Alaska troll fisherman has agreed to plead guilty to a federal misdemeanor after admitting that he directed the shooting of a sperm whale northwest of Sitka in March 2020. According to federal court filings, fisherman Dugan Daniels ordered a member of his crew to shoot the whale and tried to ram it with his fishing boat, the Pacific ...
2 days ago · The following are some of the conclusions of the study: At least half the cetacean species regularly found in Greece ingest macroplastics. 60% of sperm whales in the Greek seas have macroplastics in their stomach. Macroplastic ingestion by odontocetes can be often lethal due to gastric blockage.
Alaska fisherman charged with taking a sperm whale. Wild that it took 4 years to prosecute the case, and that only happened because he and the crew were bragging about it. Dirtbag piece of shit. I hope the shooter got charged as well. "I was just following orders" is a load of crap.
