/tags/whales whales en-US Copyright Fri, 14 Jun 2024 01:09:04 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-06-13/after-nearly-25-years-federal-officials-approve-a-limited-makah-whale-hunt A federal official has given the green light for members of the Makah tribe, who inhabit the northwest tip of Washington State's Olympic Peninsula, to resume exercising their treaty right to whaling. Fri, 14 Jun 2024 01:09:04 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-06-13/after-nearly-25-years-federal-officials-approve-a-limited-makah-whale-hunt Bellamy Pailthorp /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-03-18/conservationists-worried-about-harm-to-whales-during-california-crabbing-season The California Department of Fish and Wildlife will continue the Dungeness crab season through the end of March, despite concerns that crabbing equipment poses a threat to migrating humpback whales. Mon, 18 Mar 2024 12:53:54 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-03-18/conservationists-worried-about-harm-to-whales-during-california-crabbing-season Roman Battaglia /environment-energy-and-transportation/2023-10-19/unusual-deaths-of-hundreds-of-west-coast-gray-whales-linked-to-lack-of-arctic-ice The deaths of more than 700 West Coast gray whales since 2019 is likely the result of low food supplies caused by a lack of sea ice in the Arctic. Thu, 19 Oct 2023 13:32:43 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2023-10-19/unusual-deaths-of-hundreds-of-west-coast-gray-whales-linked-to-lack-of-arctic-ice Alex Baumhardt /environment-energy-and-transportation/2023-08-07/oregon-extends-crab-fishing-restrictions-to-protect-whales-from-getting-caught-in-trap-ropes Oregon has extended rules restricting the state’s lucrative Dungeness crab fishery in order to protect humpback whales from becoming entangled in ropes attached to crab traps, the state’s fish and wildlife department has announced. Mon, 07 Aug 2023 13:43:35 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2023-08-07/oregon-extends-crab-fishing-restrictions-to-protect-whales-from-getting-caught-in-trap-ropes The Associated Press /environment-energy-and-transportation/2022-12-12/captains-of-big-ships-eased-up-on-the-throttle-during-trial-slowdown-to-help-endangered-orca-whales The majority of captains of big commercial ships entering and leaving Puget Sound are cooperating with a request to slow down temporarily to reduce underwater noise impacts to the Pacific Northwest's critically endangered killer whales. Mon, 12 Dec 2022 12:40:41 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2022-12-12/captains-of-big-ships-eased-up-on-the-throttle-during-trial-slowdown-to-help-endangered-orca-whales Tom Banse /environment-energy-and-transportation/2022-11-10/reducing-collisions-between-ships-and-whales-theres-apps-for-that-but-they-need-work Fortunately, it doesn't happen very often in the Pacific Northwest that ships collide with whales. But when it does, the whale probably dies. Three separate teams have developed smartphone-based systems that can alert commercial mariners to watch out or slow down when there are whales nearby. A recent ride-along on a big container ship demonstrated that real-time whale alerts are still a work in progress. Thu, 10 Nov 2022 22:51:27 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2022-11-10/reducing-collisions-between-ships-and-whales-theres-apps-for-that-but-they-need-work Tom Banse /science-technology/2022-07-10/watching-for-whales-and-their-food OSU scientists aboard the Bell M. Shimada keep an eye out for whales. One scientist hopes to help predict where whales will show up by studying the food they eat. Sun, 10 Jul 2022 13:35:22 GMT /science-technology/2022-07-10/watching-for-whales-and-their-food Courtney Flatt /2022-06-11/mammal-eating-orcas-visit-the-oregon-coast The whales regularly travel up and down the west coast in search of food. Sat, 11 Jun 2022 13:05:22 GMT /2022-06-11/mammal-eating-orcas-visit-the-oregon-coast Rachael McDonald /environment-energy-and-transportation/2021-10-27/an-oregon-state-ocean-expeditions-surprisingly-close-to-home-whale-discovery A research expedition out of Newport has made a significant discovery about a little-known and rarely-seen beaked whale off Oregon’s coast. Wed, 27 Oct 2021 23:06:14 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2021-10-27/an-oregon-state-ocean-expeditions-surprisingly-close-to-home-whale-discovery Jes Burns /environment-energy-and-transportation/2021-08-31/whales-and-turtles-could-be-protected-from-entanglement-under-new-conservation-plan The plan aims to keep endangered wildlife like the humpback whale from getting entangled in fishing gear off of the Oregon coast, specifically in Oregon’s Dungeness crab fishery. Tue, 31 Aug 2021 12:55:55 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2021-08-31/whales-and-turtles-could-be-protected-from-entanglement-under-new-conservation-plan Sophia Prince