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2008

3/28/08 3 Makah whalers accept plea deal

3/28/08 B.C. suspends issuing licences for salmon farms tidal waters

3/28/08 NOAA to Assess Whether Melting Ice Endangers Seals

3/27/08 Run of Killer Whales Coming Soon to Central Oregon Coast

3/27/08 WA scientists gather to discuss Puget Sound research

3/25/08 Sea Squirts Taking Over Puget Sound

3/25/08 Canada's Annual Seal Hunt Starts Friday

3/25/08 Makah whalers' plea deal collapses

3/25/08 Lawsuit targets sea-lion killings

3/22/08 Bumpy whale fins set to spark a revolution in aerodynamics

3/19/08 Remembering Emelia "Lee" Bave

3/19/08 Pilot of Ship that Spilled Oil Charged with Criminal Negligence

3/19/08 Garrett Wants End to Commercial Whaling

3/19/08 Boater Surrounded by Orcas Off Point Loma

3/19/08 RSPB Urges New Protection Zones for Threatened Seabirds

3/19/08 Tiny Mexican Porpoise Near Extinct from Fishing Nets

3/19/08 Nets Threaten Rare New Zealand Dolphins

3/19/08 Extinct Seal Tells of Once-Teeming Caribbean Reefs

3/18/08 NOAA Considers Case to Protect Five Puget Sound Rockfish Species

3/18/08 Unknown Population of Blue Whales Discovered in Waters of Southern Chile

3/18/08 NOAA Officially Sorts Right Whales into Three Species

3/18/08 States Get Nod to Kill Sea Lions if Necessary

3/18/08 Makah "Treaty Warriors": Heroes or Criminals?

3/18/08 First Arrests in South Korea Whale Poaching Case

3/16/08 Humpback Calves Go Goo Goo, Too

3/16/08 Pretrial Hearing Set Tuesday in Makah Tribal Court for Accused Whalers

3/16/08 Whale Watchdogs' Ship Comes Home

3/16/08 Mammals Make Economic Splash

3/16/08 South Seas Dolphins Face Slaughter For Their Teeth - or Life in Captivity

3/16/08 Health of Port Susan Bay at Risk

3/16/08 Efforts Dying in Legislature to Block Mine

3/16/08 Strait of Georgia, not the Salish Sea

3/13/08 Pacific Fishing Industry Braces for Salmon Restrictions

3/13/08 Report: Sonar Use Could Harm Whales

3/13/08 Cookie the Orca Whale!

3/13/08 Meet the Man Behind the "Salish Sea"

3/13/08 Right Whales Spotted with Rope Tangled in Mouths

3/13/08 Iceland to Continue Whale Hunts

3/12/08 Legislature Passes Funding for Year-Round Rescue Tug at Neah Bay

3/12/08 New Zealand Dolphin Rescued Stranded Whales

3/12/08 Navy Asks Judge to Clarify Whale Rules

3/11/08 Washington State Legislature Passes "Orca" Bill -- Sent to Gov. Gregoire for Signing

3/11/08 Coast Salish Leaders Commit to Environmental Action

3/11/08 Premier Welcomes Georgia Strait Naming Debate

3/11/08 Panel to Consider Ban on California Salmon Fishing

3/11/08 Warm Winter Killes Baby Seals

3/11/08 Canada to Cull 275,000 Seals This Year

3/11/08 Federal Court Says Seal Barrier Can Go Up at San Diego Beach

3/08/08 Japanese Whalers Clash With Friday Harbor-Based Activists

3/08/08 GAO: DOD Lacks Evidence for Exemptions

3/08/08 Famous Ambassador of the Ocean Talks at The Washington Center

3/08/08 Land-Claim Body Wants Nunavut Whale Quota Increased

3/08/08 Exfoliating Scrubs Join List of Plastics Harming Whales

3/07/08 Thar She Blows: Ships to Get Whale Warnings

3/07/08 Beach Canisters May Contain Rat Poison, State Ecology Officials Warn

3/07/08 Japan 'Cross-Breeding Cows with Whales'

3/07/08 Burying Whale at Sandy Beach Cove

3/07/08 Tidal Energy: Is It Too Costly?

3/07/08 "Ugly" Aussie Dolphin Faces Extinction

3/06/08 White Killer Whale Spotted Near Aleutian Islands

3/06/08 Vancouver Island Ready to Celebrate the Gray Whales' Return

3/06/08 Recovery Plan Identifies Fishing as Threat to Sea Lions

3/06/08 Salmon Woes Linked to Weather

3/06/08 Rescue Team Puzzled by Recent Dolphin Strandings

3/06/08 Rescuers Help Humpback Whales From Entanglement

3/06/08 Whale-Inspired Windmills

3/05/08 PFOAs: A New Worry

3/05/08 Can Dungeness Crab and Eelgrass Help Improve Management of our Marine Resources?

3/05/08 Two-Day Dolphin Death Count Reaches 21

3/05/08 Australia, Japan Face Off at Whale Meeting

3/05/08 Whale Rescue Program Faces Cuts

3/05/08 Northern Right Whales Head South to Give Birth, Leave Genetic "Fingerprints" for NOAA Researchers

3/05/08 Oceans Heaven: Documentary Filmmaker Wants His Work to Encourage Conservation

3/04/08 Japan Escalates Whaling Argument

3/04/08 Whale of an Idea Has Lots of Fans

3/04/08 More Unanswered Questions in Dolphin Deaths

3/04/08 Big Stink Expected as Scientists Dig Up Rotten Whale

3/03/08 Court Upholds Whale Protection in Navy Exercises

3/03/08 Pictures: Kayaking Couple Are Caught in Path of Humpback

3/03/08 Columbia River Conservation at Loggerheads

3/03/08 University Taking Cash from Whaling Criticized

3/03/08 Diplomats Summoned After Whaling Protest

3/03/08 Japan Seeks New Allies on Whaling

3/03/08 Norwegian Lobby: "Eat Whale and Save the Planet"

2/29/08 Rules Surrounding Hawaii Wild Marine Mammals

2/29/08 Rare Whale Carcass Washes Ashore in Florida

2/29/08 Pygmy Sperm Whale Dies in Florida Keys

2/29/08 Japan Moves to Strengthen Standing at IWC

2/29/08 Darcie Larsen Named Whale Watch Association Executive Director

2/29/08 Killer Whales Seen From Ferry

2/29/08 Chinook Salmon Hit Record Low in Sacramento

2/29/08 Salmon Groups to Present Pre-Season Forecasts, Options

2/29/08 Watershed Restoration Funded for Washington, Oregon Forests

2/28/08 Makah Tribal Court to Begin Whalers' Proceedings Friday

2/28/08 Banish the Bags: This whale washed up on a British beach. In its stomach....the remains of 23 plastic bags

2/28/08 Salish Tribes Gather at Tulalip to Set common Policy

2/27/08 Did Subs Cause Whale Stranding?

2/27/08 Blue Whale Death Investigators Point Finger

2/26/08 Environmental Groups Sue State Dept. of Fish & Game Over Salmon

2/26/08 Beached Whale Calf Found on Maui Shore

2/26/08 Endangered Whales Emerging in Monterey Bay

2/25/08 Pygmy Sperm Whale Rescued off Florida Keys

2/25/08 Endangered Whale Swims off Virginia Beach

2/25/08 Japanese Whaling Fleet Kills Half Whale Target

2/25/08 Volunteers Count Whales in NOAA's Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale Sanctuary

2/22/08 Upper Fraser River Sockeye Shrinking

2/22/08 New Legislation Requires Bush Administration to Stop Procrastinating and Protect Endangered Whales

2/22/08 Chile Announces Permanent Whale Protection Law

2/22/08 Where in the World is the Salish Sea?

2/22/08 Dolphin Dies Near Sonar Site

2/22/08 Whale Bones Turn Up On Matagorda Island

2/20/08 New Makah Judge Takes Over Tribal Proceedings Against Whalers

2/20/08 Part of Case Against Makah Whalers Tossed

2/20/08 Sonar Implicated in Beaked Whale Stranding

2/20/08 Fisheries Dept. Scientist Studies Killer Whales As Way to Assist Humans

2/20/08 Scientists Capture Images of Sleeping Whales

2/20/08 Whale Protection Rule aired at Senate Field Hearing (Maine)

2/19/08 Norway to Hunt 1,052 Whales in 2008

2/19/08 Ship Noise May Hamper Whale Communication

2/19/08 Spring Salmon Bag Cut in Half

2/19/08 Second Graders Adopt Orca

2/19/08 "Our Last, Best Chance" to Save Puget Sound

2/15/08 Scooping Up Behind Killer Whales

2/14/08 February is "Humpback Whale Awareness Month" in Hawaii

2/14/08 Whale's Death is Just a Fluke

2/11/08 Killer whales loaded with fire retardant

2/11/08 Government-funded group switches sides on risks of fish farms

1/30/08 California return of chinook hits near-record low

1/29/08 Killer dolphins baffle marine experts

1/29/08 Puget Sound Orcas Feeding in California - Again

1/27/08 Tracking whales and waves

1/25/08 "Saving Luna" Documents Lost Baby Killer Whale's Struggle

1/25/08 Free Lolita! A Whale Story

1/25/08 Cost to Save Orcas Starts at $50 Million

1/25/08 Whale Protectors Disappointed by Orca Recovery Plan

1/24/08 NOAA Releases Orca Recovery Plan

1/24/08 Washington State Legislature Debates Orca Protections

1/24/08 Baby Gray Whale Washes Up On Seaside Beach

1/20/08 Makah Pretrial Hearing Postponed

1/18/08 Sea lions' death warrant?

1/17/08 Bush Allows Navy Sonar in Whale Areas

1/17/08 Video of Orcas Swimming In Elliot Bay

1/15/08 Celebrities and a 'beautiful whale'

1/15/08 Judge stands by ban on sonar

1/14/08 Makah hopeful about whaling again by 2010

1/11/08 Greenpeace confronts Japanese whalers in Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary

1/11/08 Pygmy Sperm Whale Washes up on Midway Atoll

1/10/08 Orcas Spotted Near Gig Harbor (video)

1/10/08 California Sea Lions Raft Up Near Alki Point (video)

1/10/08 Blue Whales Face Seismic Upset When Feeding

1/1/08 Inflammatory actions at sea

1/1/08 The plastic killing fields

2007

12/31/07 Pacific Salmon Invading Atlantic, Threatening Penguins

12/26/07 Whale watching season starts Dec. 26 on Oregon Coast

12/20/07 Japan halts plan to kill humpback whales in Antarctic after worldwide outcry

12/20/07 Scientists track down the whale’s walking ancestor

12/20/07 Puget Sound funding boosted to $20 million

12/17/07 Whalers plead not guilty to tribal charges

12/16/07 Orca whales hunt eider ducks for practice

12/16/07 Walruses Die; Global Warming Blamed

12/7/07 Sea you later; Bycatch is the ugliest thing you never see in the fish market

12/7/07 Do humpbacks sing for GPS, not love?

12/5/07 Clean energy vs. whales: how to choose?

11/28/07 Asian Lunch Offers Takeaway Whale Curry From Research Whaling Carcasses

11/28/07 Japan Says Won't Stop Research Whaling Program

11/28/07 Anti-Whaling Nations Won't Stop Japanese Hunts

11/28/07 Five Members of Makah Tribe Charged Over Whale Hunt

11/21/07 Orca Researchers Call For Removal of Snake River Dams

11/19/07 Minke Whale Swims 1000 Miles Into Brazilian River

11/14/07 Judges Order U.S. Navy to Lessen Harmful Effects of Sonar on Whales

11/09/07 Oil Spill Stains Northern California, Threatening Wildlife and Marine Habitat

11/09/07 King 5 Cameras Film J Pod With New Calf Near Alki Beach (video follows ad)

11/08/07 J-43 Orca Calf Born in Puget Sound

11/07/07 Dwarf Killer Whale Species Discovered in Antarctica? (PDF paper at end of article)

11/06/07 King 5 Aerial News Cameras Film J Pod Near Maury Island (video follows ad)

11/06/07 King 5 Aerial News Cameras Film Orcas Near San Juan Island (video follows ad)

11/01/07 Notes From NOAA / SeaDoc Society's Killer Whale / Oil Spill Workshop Posted as PDF

10/31/07 Investigation of Robson Bight Oil Spill Imminent

10/31/07 West Coast Governors' Agreement on Ocean Health

10/26/07 Evidence of Walrus Living in Washington Area During the Pleistocene Era

10/25/07 Take the Sea Grant Survey for WA, CA & OR Coastal Interests

10/24/07 Summary of Puget Sound Partnership Recommendations to WA State Governor

10/18/07 FMSA Wildlife Spotlight: Chinook Salmon

10/16/07 Orcalab Records Humpback Rhapsody Near Vancouver Island

10/11/07 Study: Toxic Chemical Levels Higher in Young Orcas

10/08/07 Man Gets First Orca Safety Ticket

10/08/07 Saving Luna Wins Top Award at Wildlife Film Festival

09/27/07 Soundwatch Grounded

09/09/07 Salmon 'Spill' Prompts Calls for Closed Farming System

09/06/07 Proposed Navy Expansion Could Bring More Undersea Explosions to Washington Waters

09/06/07 The Awesome Arctic Narwhal Proves it's the True Prince of Whales

08/31/07 "Extinct" Baiji River Dolphin Spotted Alive in China

08/27/07 Task Force in Oregon to Recommend Fate of Predatory Sea Lions

08/26/07 Iceland Ends Whaling Due to Lack of Demand

08/26/07 Whale Harpooned, Hauled in by Japanese Boat in Front of Whale-Watching Tourists

08/22/07 Whales Swimming in Slick That Threatens Orca Sanctuary

08/21/07 Oil Spill Threatens Killer Whale Habitat

08/20/07 Birth of New L Pod Calf L-110 is Confirmed!

08/16/07 North Van Band Agrees to Historic Sockeye Embargo

08/16/07 Judge Rules on Salmon-Counting Issue

08/10/07 Proposed Sea Otter and Transient Killer Whale Recovery Strategies Posted

08/08/07 Not On Our Watch

08/08/07 Miniature Sensors Make The Secret Life Of Elephant Seals Not Secret Anymore

08/06/07 Panel Set Up to Consider Killing of Sea Lions

08/02/07 Aquatic Reserve Set Up Around Cypress Island

08/02/07 New Carissa Oil Spill Triggers Purchase of Oregon Timberland

08/01/07 'Dead Zone' Returns to Oregon Coast

07/25/07 Japan Accused of Killing Pregnant Whales

07/25/07 Rising Sea, Rising Threat: What Puget Sound Risks

07/25/07 Controversy Erupts Over Endangered Species Act

07/19/07 Two States, Divided by Salmon

07/13/07 Patrolling Orca Waters

07/12/07 Puget Sound Struggles Against Tide of Toxins

07/06/07 A Giant of the Sea Finds Slimmer Pickings

07/06/07 Puget Sound Orcas Accounted For

07/05/07 Critics Say Species List is Endangered

6/19/07 Turning Guidelines Into Law is an Orca of a Problem

6/15/07 Young Whale's Tale is Story of Success

6/9/07 $750 Penalty for Harrassing Whales Proposed

6/6/07 June Proclaimed "Orca Awareness Month" by Governor Gregoire

5/25/07 Severed Orca Fin on Beach Stuns Researchers

5/16/07 San Juan County Targets Boaters Harassing Orcas

5/5/07 Plight of the Stinky Whale

4/20/07 UW Researcher Using Narwhals to Study Climate Change

4/14/07 Alaska's Killer Whales Chow Down

4/6/07 Whales' Journey Into Record Books

3/14/07 Flame Retardant Growing Threat to Killer Whales

3/3/07 Studies Shed New Light on Blue Whale Calls and Associated Behavior

2/18/07 Rise in Killer Whales Sightings Linked to Melting Ice

2/6/07 Sound Study Explores Orca Behavior

2006

12/22/06 Puget Sound Orcas Remain an Endangered Species

9/9/06 For Pods of Whales, Celebrity Status and Now a Lawsuit

8/12/06 Killer Whales Have Own 'Caller ID'

8/6/06 Scientists Seek Buried Orcas on Whidbey Island

7/20/06 Operation Orca

7/14/06 Rare Whales Can Live to Nearly 200, Eye Tissue Reveals

4/21/06 After Decades of Fear and Hostility, are we Loving Them to Death?

4/14/06 The Missing Minke

4/6/06 Chemicals Tainting Orcas' Dinner

3/24/06 Lawsuit Challenges Protection of Orcas

2/23/06 Tons of Trouble

2005

12/14/05 Efforts to Protect Orcas May Have Wide Impact

12/12/05 Arctic Orcas Highly Contaminated

12/2/05 Researcher Headed to Antarctica Seeking New Species of Killer Whale

11/27/05 The Cry of the Dolphin

10/6/05 957 Species at Risk in Puget Sound Area

9/16/05 Secrets Of The Whale Riders: Crablike 'Whale Lice' Show How Endangered Cetaceans Evolved

7/12/05 J Pod's Interactions With Harbor Porpoise End in Death

4/25/05 See New Document on Southern Resident Killer Whale Diving Behavior

4/7/05 The Orca is Now the Official Marine Mammal of Washington

3/18/05 Federal Report Claims Navy Sonar Didn't Harm Southern Residents

2004

4/30/04 Southern Residents Increasing Length of Calls When Boat Noise Present

4/5/04 WDFW Approves Listing Southern Resident Orcas as Endangered

1/30/04 San Juan County Adopted as Marine Stewardship Area

2003

12/14/03 Keiko Dies of Acute Pneumonia

11/25/03 New Species of Whale Potentially Identified

11/13/03 Wider Use of Navy's Sonar Approved by House

10/14/03 Navy to Limit its Use of Sonar

5/20/03 Historical Information on Porpoise Strandings in San Juan County Relative to the May 5th Navy Sonar Incident

5/13/03 Could Sonar Testing be Hurting Porpoises? TV Reporters Talk to Our Stranding Network

2002

11/15/02 Carcass of Fin Whale Sunk in San Juans

11/7/02 Fin Whale Necropsy Completed Last Night

5/7/02: Dead Orca May Have Had Highest Level of Contaminants Ever Found

2000

10/12/00: The Whale Museum in National News

9/11/00: First Time in 25 Years Northern Residents Seen in San Juans!

2/4/00 Report: K and L Pods Show Up in Monterey!

1999

10/99 Report: Pacific Northwest Orca Population Declining

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