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Japanese whaling ship

Infamous whale slaughter ship docks for the final time

The whaling ship, Nisshin Maru has returned to the port of Shimonoseki for the final...
Sperm whale

Dominica announces new protections for sperm whales

Dominica has placed almost 800 square kilometers of sea off the west coast of the...
Porpoise dies after becoming entangled in fishing net

UK government rejects chance to protect whales and dolphins

The government has formally rejected almost all of the crucial recommendations made in a House...
Common dolphins © Christopher Swann

Ocean areas selected for conservation are now in danger says task force

The international task force celebrating 10 years of work mapping out Important Marine Mammal Areas...

US to ban products that cause ‘plastic pollution’ in rivers and seas

The US government has announced that it will ban some care products contain microbeads from July 2017.
Microbeads are tiny pieces of plastic found in soap, toothpaste and body washes. They flow into seas, rivers and lakes where they are eaten by fish. This can lead to the spread of pollutants throughout the food chain, including to humans.

Fish are, of course, the standard food source for whales and dolphins and so the effects of plastic pollutants are simply transferred along the food chain. Indeed, these toxins are able to accumulate for much longer period of time inside a whale or dolphin than in fish, making the effect far worse the higher up the food chain they travel.

The US House of Representatives has approved a bill that would phase out the environmentally harmful items, and The Microbead Free Waters Act will now go to the Senate for final ratification.