FisheriesCalifornia box crab fishery tests ropeless traps to keep whales safe
A small experimental brown box crab fishery off southern California uses only ropeless "pop-up" gear, hoping to show fishers can earn a living without entangling whales.
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OpinionWhale language and a noisy ocean: science writer Asif's column
In Ajker Patrika, science speaker Asif writes that Project CETI's research finds grammar-like patterns in sperm whale codas, even as ship, sonar and blast noise make the ocean ever harsher for whales.
EnvironmentScientists investigate hundreds of dead whale calves on Argentina's Patagonian coast
Dead southern right whale calves keep washing up at Peninsula Valdés, a key breeding ground; the leading suspicion is infection through wounds pecked by kelp gulls.
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Dead dolphins and whales keep washing up on the southern coast; small-mesh nets blamed
Kuakata beach alone received 135 dead dolphins in eight years, and 16 dolphins and four whales this year; Bangladesh holds about 85 per cent of the world's Irrawaddy dolphins, while Ganges river dolphins now survive in only 14 rivers.
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Huge Dead Whale Washes Up on the Andharmanik River in Taltali
A dead whale about 30 feet long washed up on the bank of the Andharmanik river in Taltali, Barguna, drawing crowds from far and wide.
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New Whale Species Found in Bangladesh
Researchers have confirmed the first record in Bangladesh of the dwarf sperm whale, found alive on Kuakata beach before it died.