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Dec 1, 2004 9:56 am
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I will be out of the office starting 15/11/2004 and will not return until 03/12/2004. I am away on leave and will repond to your message when I return....
Organisation Cetacean, the UK based whale and dolphin charity (UK Registered Charity No: 1098765) who carry out extensive research in the Bay of Biscay ...
Hi, Thanks to Mike Carter for sending me the latest Port Fairy pelagic trip report, containing the following sightings: *SPERM WHALE*: One at 11.40 at...
Unless the excesses of the day before were messing with my mind, there was at least one Killer Whale off Pt Hicks Lighthouse (south of Cann River on the...
Jon Hall
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Dec 29, 2004 10:11 am
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Hi, Between Xmas and New Year so far, 6 cetaceans including 4 pilot whales and 2 Risso's dolphins have been found along beaches around Port Phillip Bay. All...
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I will be out of the office starting 23/12/2004 and will not return until 11/01/2005. For all environment or heritage issues during this time, please contact...
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Jan 2, 2005 2:19 pm
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Hello list and a happy new year to all. As you are all aware Victoria has been experiencing a large number of strandings recently. I have put together a brief...
Hi all, Steve Mc Dougal of D.S.E reported a third Risso's Dolphin washed up at the mouth of the Gellibrand River near Princetown last Sunday. Parks Vic. and...
Hi list, Just heard from Rachael Alderman of DPIWE ( Department of Primary Industry Wildlife and Environment) that two Strap-Toothed Beaked Whales were found...
Hi all, Further to the previous note on the Strap Toothed Beaked Whale stranding on Bruny Island, Tasmania. The animals involved were a mother and her calf,...
Paul, I am almost completely certain this is a sei whale. The only problem is the lack of dorsal fin. Sei whale normally has a tall falcate and upright dorsal...
Hi Folks, Agree with Simon's comprehensive rationale for those photos definitively NOT being of a right whale and possibly being a sei whale. Although from...
Simon Allen
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Jan 12, 2005 2:51 am
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Simon, On closer inspection of the photos I may be easily persuaded. I may have been too quick to rule out humpback because the observer was adamant it was not...
NSW plans exclusion zone for dolphins Overly keen dolphin watchers are being told not to get too close under a New South Wales Government proposal. The plan...
Liz Sandeman
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Jan 13, 2005 10:29 am
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Hi list, John Smith of Freedom Charters called with a whale sighting today, the animal breached then reappeared some distance from the boat. The whale's...
I observed a large herd (by my terms of reference for NSW waters) of Short-finned Pilot Whales at the continental shelf break east of Moruya NSW around 13:00...
Peter Milburn
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Jan 18, 2005 2:37 am
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I was on Barrow Island in October (Barrow is 100 miles or so west of Karratha), and saw a couple of whales from the beach. They were a few kms off shore, so I...
Jon Hall
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Jan 27, 2005 7:32 pm
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Hi list, Received a report of a pod of Killer Whales approximately 10 nm offshore of Mallacoota on Victoria's east coast. Also sighted on the same day was a...
David Donnelly
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Jan 28, 2005 12:00 am
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Sorry for cross postings .... There is one space left on a planned pelagic trip out of Port Fairy (south west Victoria) on 17 April. This trip will be on the...
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Jan 28, 2005 5:21 am
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Feb 1, 2005 11:22 am
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Thanks to Steve Anyon-Smith for the following message. _____ Hi Friends, Today, whilst playing deckhand on an "All-at-sea Charters" trip to the continental...
Hi all, A fantastic sighting Steve and in only 70m of water too! Given this sighting comes from you I am assuming this occured in N.S.W waters. Is this so? ...
Hi, Museum Victoria who went to retrieve a sperm whale carcass today from W Victoria report that another cetacean carcass has been found nearby. Details at...
Simon, this is interesting. I wonder whether it might be driven more by an increase in the number of cetaceans in inshore waters, rather than any increased...
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Feb 9, 2005 11:17 pm
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Whale stranded off WA coast THE beaching of a Gray's Beaked whale off Western Australia highlighted the need for more research into whale and dolphin...
Liz Sandeman
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Feb 16, 2005 4:39 pm
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Sweet. One stranding in WA and a Ministerial comment in regional media. A stranding every five days since Xmas in Victoria and not a peep....confused? I am. ...
Australia is very much in the news these days with regards to strandings, I am kept up todate with any seismic work etc in the area so I must have a look when...
Liz Sandeman
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Feb 17, 2005 10:39 am
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Hi all, Would just like to respond to Simon's comments re: WA actions in response to a single stranding vs Victoria's lack of response to 13 strandings over 7...