The-14Aug 16, 2025
From sanctuary to shipping lane: LNG Canada tankers threaten BC’s whale haven
#IndigenousPeoples #BC #Canada #GitgaatNation #IndigenousStewardship #IndigenousRights #LNGCanada #BCWhales #DouglasChannel #HumpbackWhales #FinWhales #MarineLife #Oil #Gas
https://the-14.com/from-sanctuary-to-shipping-lane-lng-canada-tankers-threaten-bcs-whale-haven/
From sanctuary to shipping lane: LNG Canada tankers threaten BC’s whale haven | The-14

LNG Canada tankers bring deadly risks to humpback and fin whales in BC’s Douglas Channel, threatening a fragile recovery with strikes and noise pollution.

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Show threadanna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖Dec 9, 2024

This caretaker government, after losing the #election, is using its last days to benefit its allies. These permits must be revoked—#whales deserve protection, not political betrayal.

We need your voice❗ Comment below to help raise awareness—together, we can make sure these actions don’t go unnoticed. ✊

- #SeaShepherd

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#IcelandCorruption #WhaleProtection #EndWhalingNow #Iceland #FinWhales #SaveOurSeas

Show threadanna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖Dec 9, 2024

🚨 #Breaking: In a shocking move, acting PM #BjarniBenediktsson rushed through a 5-year #whaling permit just days before a new government takes office.

The permits, granted to companies linked to Benediktsson, allow the slaughter of up to 217 #minke and 209 #FinWhales annually. This comes despite strong opposition and a recent inquiry exposing cruel hunting practices. 🐋

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Show threadanna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖Dec 8, 2024

• 5 MORE YEARS OF WHALE HUNTING IN ICELAND •

The Icelandic government just granted permits for 5 more years of hunting #FinWhales and #MinkeWhales !

Eating #whales isn’t a tradition, this nonsense only benefits a small group of individuals that find interest in this barbaric and outdated #hunt !

Less than 1.5% of Icelandic people actually eat whale meat which is the reason why most of it is shipped to #Japan where it ends up in vending machine and dog food…

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anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖Dec 7, 2024

Yes… #WhalingLicenses, in plural. For the first time in years, #MinkeWhales will be hunted in #Iceland, along with #FinWhales.

#BjarniBenediktsson who just lost the Icelandic election and has no #mandate, has issued whaling licenses for the next 5 years. This decision wasn’t supposed to be made now, with a review of Icelandic whaling #law still ongoing. But he didn’t wait. These #licenses benefit #companies owned by his friends. It’s #corruption at its clearest.

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LongreadsOct 24, 2024

"They quickly became the most hunted whale of all time, with nearly one million slaughtered throughout the 20th century, reducing their global population by 70 percent." —Laura Trethewey for Hakai

https://hakaimagazine.com/features/the-coming-collision-between-whales-and-tankers-on-bcs-coast/

#longreads #writing #finwhales #conservation #canada

The Coming Collision Between Whales and Tankers on British Columbia’s Coast | Hakai Magazine

Decades after they were hunted to local extinction, fin whales are recovering in the Kitimat fjord system—only to be threatened by a booming LNG industry.

Hakai Magazine
Bill MinarikSep 18, 2024

Listen to whale calls recorded on land-based seismometers!: https://seismicsoundscapes.myportfolio.com/lower-st-lawrence-seaway

The study was just published in Seismica @weareseismica: http://doi.org/10.26443/seismica.v3i2.1153
by lead author Eva Goblot, an #EarthSystemScience graduate from #McGillUniversity

#Montreal #Quebec #ISMER #UCAR #GSC #Whales #BlueWhales #FinWhales #Seismology

Seismic Soundscapes - Lower St. Lawrence Seaway

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Aug 26, 2024
#Japan Kills First #FinWhale Despite Global Condemnation
In May, 2024, #finwhales were added to the list of of species that can be caught in Japan.
Fin #whales, which are the second-largest animal on Earth — the blue whale is the largest — are considered by International Union for Conservation of Nature (#IUCN) to be “vulnerable to #extinction.”
https://www.theinertia.com/news/japan-fin-whale-hunting-first-kill/
Japan Kills First Fin Whale Despite Global Condemnation

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Show threadanna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖Aug 11, 2024

Operating in breach of the ICJ ruling for several years, Japan eventually ceased Antarctic high-seas whaling in 2016, and has until 2018 only hunted #whales within its territorial waters. Since Watson's arrest less than two weeks ago, Japan has announced that they have resumed the hunt of #endangered #FinWhales, the world's second largest animal. CPWF believes Japan is planning to resume high-seas whaling in the #NorthPacific as early as this year.

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Show threadanna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖Aug 4, 2024

"Japan needs Paul Watson out of the way so they can get back to slaughtering the world’s great whales.”

stated #LockyMacLean on board the Captain Paul Watson flagship off the coast of Greenland, which was en route across the Arctic to oppose the Japanese whaling effort until Mr. Watson’s arrest.

#FinWhales, the world’s second-largest whales, remain vulnerable according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, driven to the brink of #extinction

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