A coalition of 10 conservation and animal welfare organisations from around the world today expressed their shock and dismay at the killing of a further 167 pilot whales at Funningsfirdi, in the Faroe Islands, on October 13th
Today (November 1) is the official opening of Japan’s annual Dall’s porpoise hunt, the largest direct hunt of any whale, dolphin and porpoise in the world. The port of Otsuchi, in northern Japan, is the focal point of the hand harpoon hunt which has claimed up to 15,000 Dall’s porpoises in previous years
Sailors are reporting back on sights they have seen. They were pretty upset about the amount of marine debris they saw in the Mediterranean, such a beautiful sea containing many dolphins but littered with plastic and other debris
Our partnership with the Global Ocean Race (GOR) made its first tangible splash as the six yachts competing in the double-handed around-the-world yacht event began. Director and whale campaigner Jennifer Lonsdale was in Palma, Mallorca, to meet the teams and promote the aims of the partnership
EIA came to the annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in Jersey with a new report on Iceland’s whaling and trade in whale products, determined to ensure that IWC member countries recognise and respond to Iceland’s whaling
As the 63rd annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) opens today (July 11, 2011) in Jersey, a new report exposes how Iceland is defying international treaties to hunt endangered fin whales in a bid to create a new consumer market in Japan