The Plight Of The Whales
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The Plight Of The Whales
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Author : Joseph J. McCoy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
The Plight Of The Whales written by Joseph J. McCoy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Whales categories.
Discusses how whales have become endangered and the activities of conservation groups.
We Are All Whalers
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Author : Michael J. Moore
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2022-09-07
We Are All Whalers written by Michael J. Moore and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-07 with Nature categories.
Relating his experiences caring for endangered whales, a veterinarian and marine scientist shows we can all share in the salvation of these imperiled animals. The image most of us have of whalers includes harpoons and intentional trauma. Yet eating commercially caught seafood leads to whales’ entanglement and slow death in rope and nets, and the global shipping routes that bring us readily available goods often lead to death by collision. We—all of us—are whalers, marine scientist and veterinarian Michael J. Moore contends. But we do not have to be. Drawing on over forty years of fieldwork with humpback, pilot, fin, and, in particular, North Atlantic right whales—a species whose population has declined more than 20 percent since 2017—Moore takes us with him as he performs whale necropsies on animals stranded on beaches, in his independent research alongside whalers using explosive harpoons, and as he tracks injured whales to deliver sedatives. The whales’ plight is a complex, confounding, and disturbing one. We learn of existing but poorly enforced conservation laws and of perennial (and often failed) efforts to balance the push for fisheries profit versus the protection of endangered species caught by accident. But despite these challenges, Moore’s tale is an optimistic one. He shows us how technologies for ropeless fishing and the acoustic tracking of whale migrations make a dramatic difference. And he looks ahead with hope as our growing understanding of these extraordinary creatures fuels an ever-stronger drive for change. For more information on Moore’s book and research, please visit his webpage at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
Entanglements
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Author : Tora Johnson
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Release Date : 2007-09-23
Entanglements written by Tora Johnson and has been published by University Press of Florida this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-09-23 with Nature categories.
Entanglements explores the clash of cultures and personalities among fishermen, scientists, and whale advocates struggling to save both the endangered North Atlantic right whale and the livelihoods of thousands of Atlantic coastal families. By most counts, about 300 of these whales remain in the North Atlantic, and scientists warn that collisions with fishing gear are contributing to their decline. The political climate that surrounds the world's most endangered large whale is contentious, complex, and heartrending. Without pointing fingers or laying blame, Tora Johnson explores every side of the issue. She takes us to sea with fishermen who struggle to stay in business, setting traps and gillnets in the whale's habitat, and with members of the rescue teams who attempt to cut away deadly rope and net from whales in the wild. Weaving their stories and her personal observations into a discussion of the science and history of the conflict, she offers an admirable balance of perceptions, backgrounds, and agendas. Her thoughtful discussion of the plight of fishermen and whales and of the frustrations between fishing communities and conservationists presents an authentic microcosm of the global conflict between human demands on the environment and nature's finite capacity for supporting those demands.
The Whale Warriors
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Author : Peter Heller
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2017-12-05
The Whale Warriors written by Peter Heller and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-05 with Nature categories.
The Whale Warriors recounts the heart-thumping epic journey of the eco-pirate ship Farley Mowat as it stalked the Japanese whaling fleet off the stormy shores of Antarctica. The Farley is the flagship of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, founded by the radical environmentalist Paul Watson; Sea Shepherd claims to have sunk eight whaling ships over the years. When the boat embarked on a two-month chase, veteran journalist and adventure writer Peter Heller embedded with the vigilante crew as it braved the tumultuous Southern Ocean and faced off against the massive Japanese ships that, in violation of international law, slaughter hundreds of endangered whales every year. In the battles that ensued, Watson and his motley crew of volunteers-from radical environmentalists to ex-military to professional gamblers-attached a giant steel blade to the prow and rammed it into a tender ship ten times the tonnage of the Farley. In the face of unrelenting Force 8 gales and 35-foot seas thick with ice floes, Heller's shipmates risked their lives for what they believe: that the plight of the whales and the overexploitation of the ocean will soon bring about its total collapse-and that life on earth hangs in the balance. Book jacket.
The Urban Whale
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Author : Scott D. Kraus
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2007-02-15
The Urban Whale written by Scott D. Kraus and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-02-15 with Nature categories.
In 1980 a group of scientists censusing marine mammals in the Bay of Fundy was astonished by the sight of 25 right whales. Until that time, scientists believed the North Atlantic right whale was extinct or nearly so. The sightings electrified the research community, spurring a quarter century of exploration, which is documented here.
There S A Sound In The Sea
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Author : Tamar Griggs
language : en
Publisher: San Francisco : Scrimshaw Press
Release Date : 1975
There S A Sound In The Sea written by Tamar Griggs and has been published by San Francisco : Scrimshaw Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with Children's art categories.
SUMMARY: Paintings and poems by school children expressing their feelings about the plight of the whale.
A Whale For The Killing
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Author : Farley Mowat
language : en
Publisher: Seal Books
Release Date : 1984-06
A Whale For The Killing written by Farley Mowat and has been published by Seal Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984-06 with Nature categories.
A PLEA TO STOP THE SLAUGHTER NOW... When an 80-ton Fin Whale became trapped in a Newfoundland lagoon, conservationist Farley Mowat rejoiced: here was the first chance to study at close range one of the most magnificent animals in creation. Some local villagers thought otherwise. They blasted the whale with rifle fire and hacked open her back with a motorboat propeller. Mowat appealed desperately to the police, to marine biologists, finally to the Canadian press. But it was too late. Ravaged by an infection resulting from her massive wounds, the whale died. World-renowned for his passionate tales of survival, Farley Mowat wrote his new book to symbolize the plight of all whales preyed on by man for commercial profit. A Whale for the Killing is an urgent, eloquent plea to stop the massacre now...before the entire species is doomed to extinction.
The Urban Whale
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Author : Scott D. Kraus
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2009-01-01
The Urban Whale written by Scott D. Kraus and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-01 with Nature categories.
In 1980 a group of scientists censusing marine mammals in the Bay of Fundy was astonished at the sight of 25 right whales. It was, one scientist later recalled, "like finding a brontosaurus in the backyard." Until that time, scientists believed the North Atlantic right whale was extinct or nearly so. The sightings electrified the research community, spurring a quarter century of exploration, which is documented here. The authors present our current knowledge about the biology and plight of right whales, including their reproduction, feeding, genetics, and endocrinology, as well as fatal run-ins with ships and fishing gear. Employing individual identifications, acoustics, and population models, Scott Kraus, Rosalind Rolland, and their colleagues present a vivid history of this animal, from a once commercially hunted commodity to today's life-threatening challenges of urban waters. Hunted for nearly a millennium, right whales are now being killed by the ocean commerce that supports our modern way of life. This book offers hope for the eventual salvation of this great whale.
Fathoms
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Author : Rebecca Giggs
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-04-28
Fathoms written by Rebecca Giggs and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-28 with Whales categories.
When Rebecca Giggs encountered a humpback whale stranded on her local beach in Australia, she began to wonder how the lives of whales might shed light on the condition of our seas. How do whales experience environmental change? Has our connection to these fabled animals been transformed by technology? What future awaits us, and them? And what does it mean to write about nature in the midst of an ecological crisis? In Fathoms, the world in the whale, Giggs blends natural history, philosophy, and science to explore these questions with clarity and hope. In lively, inventive prose, she introduces us to whales so rare they have never been named; she tells us of the astonishing variety found in whale sounds, and of whale 'pop' songs that sweep across hemispheres. She takes us into the deeps to discover that one whale's death can spark a great flourishing of creatures. We travel to Japan to board whaling ships, examine the uncanny charisma of these magnificent mammals, and confront the plastic pollution now pervading their underwater environment. In the spirit of Rachel Carson and John Berger, Fathoms is a work of profound insight and wonder that marks the arrival of an essential new voice in narrative nonfiction, and provides us with a powerful, surprising, and compelling view of some of the most urgent issues of our time.
Before We Leave You
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Author : Patricia Cori
language : en
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Release Date : 2011-04-26
Before We Leave You written by Patricia Cori and has been published by North Atlantic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-26 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
What if whales and dolphins truly do have a superior intellect, as many believe, and can speak to the human race? What would their message be? In November 2008, gifted clairvoyant Patricia Cori was in Jordan teaching a workshop when a life-changing event occurred. A community of Cetaceans—“a choir of whales and dolphins,” as she describes it—interrupted her talk with a frantic plea for help. Cori was suddenly witness to a devastating scene of suffering, a communal grieving of scores of whales and dolphins “frenzied, lost, and dying.” This was the first of several terrifying calls for help, all of which were immediately followed by mass suicide events as these majestic creatures collectively chose to leave us and our planet. These troubling incidents evolved into the stream of messages for humanity that Cori reveals in this extremely timely work. The whales and dolphins present their deep understanding of our urgent global situation, calling for the human race to restore balance to our ecosystems—especially our dying oceans. For the first time, we read the communications of the Cetaceans and their story of devotion and celebration of life on the Great Planet Earth. We are also given a glimpse of their role in the unfolding of galactic events throughout our solar system, and the message is clear: We must wake up and realize that our continued abuse of the environment is altering the course of Gaia’s progression to the next dimension. Without the whale and dolphin song—without these musicians who hold the oceans in balance—we risk our advancement through the ascension process for which our entire solar system is destined. Before We Leave You is a roadmap to that higher future and a pathway to global transformation. ***NOTE: ELECTRONIC VERSION OF THIS TITLE DOES NOT INCLUDE THE CETACEAN MEDITATIONS CARDS INCLUDED IN THE REGULAR PRINTED VERSION.