And yet, it took nearly 30 more years for some species, like the sei whales, to get any meaningful protection from the rules set by the International Whaling Commission. While the consequences of ...

Authorities originally identified the whale as a fin whale, but said later the carcass is that of a smaller sei whale. Marine animal experts are investigating the death of a 44-foot-long sei whale ...

A sei whale in front of the distinctive backdrop of Cape Pembroke. Photos: Caroline Weir Acoustic research by wildlife charity, Falklands Conservation (FC), and the non-profit African Aquatic ...

including a cap of 167 for minke whales, 187 for Bryde’s and 25 for Sei whales. According to some analysts, this is a relatively small quota for a large vessel such as Kangei Maru, fueling ...

On July 1, Japan announced commercial whaling quotas authorizing the annual slaughter of 25 sei whales, 187 Bryde’s whales, and 171 minke whales. The IWC’s underlying treaty, the International ...

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday directed federal agencies to prepare for more large-scale layoffs that would further thin the ranks of the U.S. civil service.

The meat put on auction on Nov. 14 came from the most coveted “onomi” portion of a sei whale caught off Nemuro in eastern Hokkaido by the Nisshin Maru whaling ship. The whale meat was stored ...

The Department of Fisheries (DOF) is calling on the public to play an active role in safeguarding whale and marine mammal populations by following regulations, minimising plastic pollution, and ...

striped dolphins and bearded whales while the beginning of spring is great for blue whales, sei whales and fin whales. Because so many cetaceans live and pass through these waters, the probability ...

In total, 17,072 whales, such as sei and Antarctic minke whales, have been flensed and cut up in the Antarctic Sea, the Northwest Pacific Ocean and waters around Japan. Up until the 1970s when ...

is another global hotspot, with an average of more than 200 stranded whales or dolphins each year. More than 300 sei whales died in remote waters off Patagonia, Chile, in 2015.

Why are whales dying in record numbers? And is the crisis man made? Biologist Ella Al-Shamahi joins a specialist autopsy into the death of a 40-foot sei whale, washed up near Edinburgh.