On the cusp of Canada Day under cover of darkness, liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers began crossing the Great Bear Sea on B.C.’s North Coast before navigating the long and winding Kitimat fjord system — 140-kilometres in length and as little as two-kilometres wide at points — to fill up at LNG Canada’s now-operational terminal […] The post Fatal ship-strike risk from LNG tankers threatens great whales in BC’s Great Bear Sea appeared first on WWF.CA.| WWF.CA
Minke, Bryde’s and sei whales are killed by Japanese whalers for their meat each year, despite it being unpopular and expensive. Now, the second largest mammal on the planet, fin whales, will probably soon be hunted by Japanese whalers. But how did this happen and why? To understand, we turned to the people of Japan for answers.| Whale & Dolphin Conservation UK