NOAA reports spike in whale entanglements, latest bad news in year of threats in and out of the ocean https://phys.org/news/2025-10-noaa-spike-whale-entanglements-latest.html 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #Entanglement #Bycatch

Scientists spot vaquita calves in Mexico, fuelling hope for the world’s rarest marine mammal https://apnews.com/video/scientists-spot-vaquita-calves-in-mexico-fueling-hope-for-the-worlds-rarest-marine-mammal-f1928d6587784b019aa089fa9668766f 🐬 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Vaquita #Porpoise #Science #Bycatch #Extinction

Rescuers free humpback whale entangled in 137 metres of rope near Nanaimo, B.C. https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/9.6950786 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #Bycatch #Entanglement

Study reveals decline in North Atlantic dolphin lifespan and population growth https://phys.org/news/2025-10-north-atlantic-dolphins-dying-younger.html 🐬 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Dolphins #Science #Bycatch

It's time to save #whales again
July 22, House #NaturalResources #subcommittee, GOP Rep. #NickBegich (AK) introduced draft legislation that would scale back #MarineMammal Protection Act. Among other things, it would limit ability of #US gov to take action against “incidental take,” killing of whales, #dolphins and #seals by sonic blasts from #oil exploration, ship and boat strikes or by drowning as accidental catch (#bycatch) in #fishing gear.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-08-16/whales-marine-mammal-endangered-species-environmental-protection-agency
https://archive.ph/b9Ye1

Jaarlijks sterven er minstens 300.000 dolfijnen als bijvangst.🐬💔

Door visolie te vervangen door algenolie, verminder je de vraag naar grootschalige visserij en draag je bij aan het behoud van zeeleven.

Door samen het tij te keren, geven we de oceanen weer de kans om te bruisen van leven.

#Bycatch #OceanFriendly #PlantBased #MarineLife #Omega3 #vegan #plantaardig #algen #algenolie

The pressing case for protecting harbour porpoises from #fisheries #bycatch in English waters

Every year, more than 1000 marine mammals are bycaught in UK static #fishing nets - gear commonly used to target species such as red mullet, bass, whiting and hake.

https://eia-international.org/blog/the-pressing-case-for-protecting-harbour-porpoises-from-fisheries-bycatch-in-english-waters/

#nature #environment #oceans

Sharp rise in US whale entanglements after NOAA cut-backs https://oceanographicmagazine.com/news/sharp-rise-in-us-whale-entanglements-after-noaa-cut-backs/ 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #Bycatch

Crew unravels humpback whale from rope and fishing gear off B.C.'s coast https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/fader-the-humpback-rescued-1.7644417 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #Bycatch

Death of monk seal underscores importance of responsible fishing practices | Maui Now https://mauinow.com/2025/09/19/death-of-monk-seal-underscores-importance-of-responsible-fishing-practices/ 🦭 #Pinnipeds #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Seals #Science #Bycatch

Whale and her calf entangled in shark net off Queensland coast https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/18/whale-and-calf-entangled-in-shark-net-off-queensland-australia 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #Bycatch

Young humpback whale “Starry Knight” freed from second entanglement in Salish Sea https://www.sanjuanjournal.com/news/young-humpback-whale-starry-knight-freed-from-second-entanglement-in-salish-sea/ 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #Bycatch

#Endemism and #biodiversity::The authors J. Sagumai et al. (2025) report the #rediscovery of #houndshark #Gogolia #filewoodi in their recent scientific paper. Based on five females and one male it was #documented as fishery #bycatch between 2020 and 2022.

© #StefanFWirth 2025

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https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.70196

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a) Astrolabe Bay area . b) Adult female, adult male by J. Sagumai et al. (2025,, creative commons
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Court Rules U.S. Unlawfully Authorized Seafood Imports That Threaten Māui Dolphin https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK2508/S00810/court-rules-us-unlawfully-authorized-seafood-imports-that-threaten-maui-dolphin.htm 🐬 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Dolphins #Science #Bycatch #Extinction

Good news: Whale-safe crab fishing season a success https://environmentamerica.org/updates/good-news-whale-safe-crab-fishing-season-a-success/ 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #Bycatch

⟦Feyrer et al.⟧ Three decades of observer records reveal ongoing risks of marine mammal depredation and entanglement in Canada’s Atlantic fisheries https://academic.oup.com/icesjms/article/82/8/fsaf140/8234440?login=false 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #Dolphins #Porpoises #Bycatch

Use of immersion sensors on the legs of albatrosses revealed a behavior unique to foraging while following fishing vessels: the birds land on the water to prey on discarded fishing waste. This increases the risk of the birds becoming bycatch.

Summary: https://appliedecologistsblog.com/2025/07/31/albatrosses-make-distinct-flight-hops-when-following-fishing-vessels/

Original paper: https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2664.70085#:~:text=We%20found%20that%20immersion%20patterns,Carneiro%2C%20Dias%2C%20et%20al.

#Science #Birds #Albatross #Foraging #Bycatch

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Kunst zum Anfassen in #Kiel: Da, wo die Hörn an Land geht, fängt das schwimmende Kunstprojekt „#Bycatch” die Sinne und macht Lust, auf den weißen Tetrapoden herumzuklettern.
https://archive.is/PHXD8
@kiel

One wrong move could be fatal: the divers risking their lives to save whales from ‘ghost nets’ https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jul/11/ghost-nets-colombian-divers-old-fishing-gear-commercial-fishing-equipment 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #GhostNets #Bycatch

Journal of Fish Biology Associate Editor, and winner of the Huntingford Medal, Sofia Graça Aranha, now talks to us about deep water #sharks and their vulnerability to #trawling in #DeepSea #fisheries. Sofia sampled 10 trips of a crustacean trawler. 18 species of shark were found as #bycatch and 1559 individuals. 95% were either dead or dying. Through modelling, some really important properties of the most deadly trawls to deep sea shark were found #FSBI2025