Dear ECS and MARMAM List subscribers, in the following please find some interesting Cetacean news of the last two weeks: (September 1, 2008) Spey Bay training day prepares people for whale rescues - http:// www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/814945?UserKey= Whales shedding blubber - Japan - http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/ story/0,21985,24275091-5005961,00.html (September 2, 2008) Surfers For Cetaceans USA Launches With A Whale Of A Bash - http:// www.surfline.com/surf-news/press-release/surfers-for-cetaceans-usa- launches-with-a-whale-of-a-bash_18192/ 4,000+ Japan Whale Harvest Not Justified, Experts Say - http:// news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/09/080902-japan-whaling.html White whale, dolphins add to season's mystique - http:// latimesblogs.latimes.com/outposts/2008/09/white-whale-dol.html Boston Joins Worldwide Protest of Japan's Dolphin Slaughter - http:// www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/boston-joins-worldwide-protest-of- japans-dolphin-slaughter,522661.shtml Supersize Me: Whale Meat Resurfaces on Iceland Menus - http:// online.wsj.com/article/SB122031777512289251.html?mod=googlenews_wsj Norway's whalers defend tradition amid shrinking markets - http:// www.france24.com/en/20080902-norways-whalers-defend-tradition-amid- shrinking-markets Experts rubbish Japanese claims on skinny whales (+ audio) - http:// www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/02/2352730.htm (September 3, 2008) The mystery of the 'highly unusual' sea mammals who washed up on the British coast - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/ article-1051932/The-mystery-highly-unusual-sea-mammals-washed-British- coast.html Activists stage dolphin die-in at Japanese embassy in US - http:// afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gJudqJKNpfNuDC0r1OJDW23Y11Nw Scientist rejects Japanese study on minke whales - http:// www.smh.com.au/news/whale-watch/scientist-rejects-japanese-study-on- minke-whales/2008/09/02/1220121234480.html Dolphins are 'so hungry they're turning on each other': Surf war breaks out in British seas - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/ article-1051936/Surf-wars-Dolphins-hungry-theyre-turning-British- seas.html RARE RESCUE OF HARBOUR PORPOISE AT VANCOUVER AQUARIUM’S MARINE MAMMAL RESCUE CENTRE - http://travelvideo.tv/news/more.php?id=15429_0_1_0_M (September 6, 2008) Watch the whales - http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/travel/ 2008/0906/1220628332311.html?via=mr Family find 'murdered' porpoise - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/ scotland/tayside_and_central/7600541.stm Mote whale in rehab has died - http://www.wwsb.com/Global/story.asp? S=8958996 Whale performs for the camera - http:// www.thisiswesternmorningnews.co.uk/news/whale-did-best-trick-camera/ article-310970-detail/article.html (September 11, 2008) Chile Passes National Whale Sanctuary Law - http://www.ens- newswire.com/ens/sep2008/2008-09-11-02.asp Scientists Complete their Joint Study on Elusive Beaked Whales - http://www.newswiretoday.com/news/39674/ Unexpected feast as Canadians harpoon beluga whale - http://nnsl.com/ northern-news-services/stories/papers/sep8_08wh.html (September 12, 2008) Sanctuaries for endangered dolphins key to saving species - http:// www.stuff.co.nz/southlandtimes/4689357a6568.html Wildlife Extra has the following interesting Cetacean news for the first two weeks of September: Bay of Biscay whales research - 2009 - http://www.wildlifeextra.com/ go/news/biscay-whales.html Norwegian whalers can’t find enough whales - http:// www.wildlifeextra.com//go/news/norway-whaling082.html Research on blue whales near shipping lanes off California after spate of deaths. - http://www.wildlifeextra.com//go/news/blue- whale_research008.html Also, seaweb offers a list with recent articles in their Marine Science Review Issue 277 with 10 pages of recent articles on Marine Mammals with abstracts, worth downloading here: http://rs6.net/tn.jsp? e=001nst_2GP79qeFkScAxeTBtiDxrTpWwfNjuSZlxk9chx8JtuGhaYrrt5ctbU0b1- oIfJ_Emntjx9GLJV6IGEXc_E0ZKW9L-WXR5lyAfWVkUpi0k1n9_GISy- t3A1BdVcz6bu678BGqJrr8LjQnaBE0-YvnqzdwKotVbsesdONBUZ8oC_Nr4XiEZg== Please let me know, if a link is not working. All best, Catharina Clausen ************************************************************************ ** baiji.org foundation Kanzleistrasse 127 CH-8004 Zurich Switzerland tel. (+41) 43 317 10 00 fax (+41) 43 317 10 09 mobil (+41) 79 281 18 65 catharina@baiji.org ************************************************************************ **