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‘Doesn’t pass the pub test’: Push for moratorium on seismic blasting
More than 2000 seismic surveys have been conducted in waters off Australia since the 1960s, as companies map the seabed to prospect for new oil and gas reserves.
- Bianca Hall
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‘Whale is delicious’: The push to revive Japan’s whaling culture
These days, most Japanese people have either never eaten or rarely eat whale meat. But one filmmaker wants to change that.
- Lisa Visentin
Entangled humpback whale calf freed off the coast of Sydney
The calf was freed after it was spotted near Bondi Beach entangled in a rope and buoy.
- Frances Howe
I swam Australia’s humpback highway. But should I have?
The wish-list item for many travellers, gaining traction on the NSW South Coast, also comes with questions about humans getting so close to ocean wildlife.
- Belinda Jackson
Russian ‘spy’ whale found dead in Norway
Hvaldimir, whose name is a combination of the word hval, the Norwegian word for whale, and Vladimir, after the Russian president, was first spotted by fishermen in Norway in 2019.
- Kieran Kelly
Rare orca pod spotted off Sydney’s northern beaches
The orcas, who were hunting humpback whales, haven’t been spotted in Sydney waters for more than five years.
- Riley Walter
Whale rescue from the air
Official drone footage shows the entangled humpback whale swimming around the harbour, dragging buoys attached as part of the NPSW rescue effort. CREDIT: NSW Maritime
As it happened: Whale rescue as young humpback freed from fishing gear in Sydney Harbour
National parks staff have rescued a young humpback whale tangled in fishing tackle in Sydney Harbour this morning.
- Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Disentanglement team leader on how the whale was freed
Luke McSweeney, team leader of the disentanglement team, talks through the operation to free the whale trapped in Sydney Harbour.
Rescue operation for baby whale in Sydney Harbour
Nick O'Malley is on the scene watching the effort to free the baby humpback whale in Sydney Harbour.
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