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The Royal Navy has admitted for the first time that it was operating in an area where its sonar is thought to have led to the largest mass stranding of deep-diving whales in the UK. >> read more …
From deceptive tidal patterns to noise pollution and overfishing, there are many reasons why whales—sometimes hundreds at a time—suddenly find themselves on land. >> read more …
NOAA Fisheries released the 2017 National Report of Marine Mammal Strandings in the United States. Marine mammals strand for a variety of reasons, and NOAA Fisheries tracks this data to monitor threats to wild marine mammal populations. >> read more …
Koksijde, 20 maart 2021 – Vandaag is de brandweer van het korps van Koksijde-Oostduinkerke drie keer moeten uitrukken naar het strand voor het opruimen van dode aangespoelde dieren. >> lees verder …
The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group has said it has seen a sharp increase in the number of dead whales and dolphins being washed up on the Irish coast. >> read more …
Deze Leidraad is van toepassing bij een (dreigende) stranding van een levende, grote walvisachtige. Het doel is duidelijk maken wie verantwoordelijk is voor welke actie. Zodoende kunnen alle betrokkenen adequaat handelen. >> Download het document …
Around 2000 cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) are stranded each year across the world and, unfortunately, this number is likely to increase in the coming years. Cornelis van Elk and colleagues studied harbour porpoise strandings along the Dutch and neighboring coastlines between 2003 and 2016 in order to better understand and identify the causes of … Meer lezen
We test the ability of Very High Resolution satellite (VHR) imagery to detect stranded whales using both manual and automated methods. We use the 2015 mass mortality event in the Gulf of Penas locality, central Patagonia, Chile, as an initial case study. This event was the largest known mass mortality of baleen whales, with at … Meer lezen
The reiteration of cetacean strandings and the possible responses to this growing phenomenon were addressed in the Falkland Islands by the Environmental Committee at the Department of Agriculture in Stanley. >> read more …
To prevent the deaths of animals that wash up on its shores, the government has sought to establish a network of first responders to deal with strandings. >> read more …