Red Tide Worsening; Manatees Recovering CHARLOTTE HARBOR, 9 April, 2003 - Dead fish are floating on the surface of Charlotte Harbor and endangered West Indian...
Court Blocks Bush "Dolphin Safe" Label Lawsuit Seeks to Overturn Bush Administration 12/31/02 Decision to Weaken "Dolphin Safe" Tuna Label SAN FRANCISCO, 10...
More than 3000 dolphins per year are killed in Peru Illegal dealers and fishermen have been caught LIMA, Peru, 10 April, 2003 - New investigations of the...
Whale washes up dead on Acapulco beach ACAPULCO, Mexico, 10 April, 2003 (AP) -- A 40-foot (12-meter) sperm whale washed up dead on a crowded beach in Acapulco...
Judge Blocks Bid to Ease Dolphin-Safe Rules By Michael Kahn SAN FRANCISCO, 10 April, 2003 (Reuters) - A federal judge in San Francisco on Thursday blocked the...
Japanese Whalers Begin Hunt for 260 Whales TOKYO, 11 April, 2003 [Newswire] - A whaling fleet of six Japanese ships are expected to leave port by the end of...
Humpback attacked by sharks off Mokule'ia By Curtis Lum - Advertiser Staff Writer MOKULE'IA, Hawaii, 11 April. 2003 - Warning signs were put up along the...
Researchers in quandary over marine animals' distress By IVONA LERMAN - Environment Writer FLORIDA, 11 April, 2003 - First sea turtles and seabirds. Now...
Whale funeral draws 1,000 mourners VIETNAM, 13 April, 2003 [AFP] - A crowd of 1,000 mourners turned up at a funeral for a whale in central Vietnam, where the...
Defenders of the Deep By Denise Flaim April 14, 2003 - "They call him Flipper, Flipper, faster than lightning, No one you see, is smarter than he, And we know...
Annual Whale Migration to Alaska is under way ANCHORAGE, Alaska, 14 April, 2003 [AP] - The migration of gray whales from the Baja Peninsula in Mexico to waters...
Whale adult, calf washed ashore by EVE LAMB MELBOURNE, Aust., 15 April, 2003 - The discovery of a part-mutilated adult whale and a dead newborn whale washed up...
Whale Mutilated on Beach By Bridie Smith CODRINGTON BEACH, Aust., 15 April, 2003 - The body of an adult sperm whale, mutilated on a beach near Port Fairy last...
Numerous Dolphins Stranded around Massachusetts BOSTON, 15 April, 2003 [AP] - Eighteen Atlantic white-sided dolphins have been found stranded on Massachusetts...
People, Animals Sick of Red Tide FLORIDA, 16 April, 2003 - Dead fish are littering local beaches and endangered West Indian manatees continue to get sick and...
Local Orca Population Up SEATTLE, 17 April, 2003 - The population of endangered southern- resident killer whales off the coasts of Vancouver Island and ...
Prince William Sound Orcas May Need Extra Protection JUNEAU, Alaska, 17 April, 2003 (ENS) - A dwindling group of killer whales, or orcas, that pass through...
Pilot Whales Stranded in Florida CUDJOE KEY, Florida, 19 April, 2003 (Reuters) - Dozens of pilot whales beached themselves on Friday in shallow waters in the...
Dolphin-safe Tuna Debate Returns By Bonnie Pfister 19 April, 2003 - Environmentalists and free trade skeptics logged a victory recently when a federal judge...
Dolphin Beaches in Newport, Dies NEWPORT BEACH, 20 April, 2003 - Lifeguards and a Laguna Beach rescue center tried in vain to save a beached dolphin near the...
Sick Whales Remain 'Guarded' BY TIMOTHY O'HARA BIG PINE KEY, 21 April, 2003 - Seven stranded pilot whales remain in "guarded" condition Monday with the chief...
Japanese Kill 440 Minke Whales by Kathy Pohrte and David Milner TOKYO, JAPAN, 21 April, 2003 - The Japanese Fisheries Agency recently announced that 440 minke...
Rescued Whale Dead NELSON, NZ, 22 April,2003 - A beached whale coaxed back into the waters off Nelson late last night was found dead back on land early today. ...
Whale-sized interest in giant mammal on beach By RENEE KIRIONA ONAERO, NZ, 23 April 2003 - A whale of mystery found dead on a Taranaki beach has the world of...
NZ opposing Iceland's attempt to avoid commercial whaling ban WELLINGTON, NZ, 24 April 2003 - New Zealand has officially opposed Iceland's attempt to avoid the...
Caring for ill whales all in a night's work BIG PINE KEY, 25 April, 2003 - Nature was calling, but I still found it difficult to wade away from the pod of...
Way of life hit by whales: Lobstermen sue feds over new rules BOSTON, 27 April, 2003 - Claiming they are being sacrificed to protect whales, New England...
Six stranded whales moved to new location in Florida Keys BIG PINE KEY, 27 April, 2003 [AP] - Marine mammal rescue officials and volunteers moved six pilot...
Poachers in Peru Still Killing Dolphins By DREW BENSON PULPOS, Peru, 28 April, 2003 (AP) - Over the noise of the pounding surf, Maria Serenella heard the...
Keiko has Fans but no Orca Friends yet TAKNESS BAY, Norway, 30 April, 2003 - As many as 200 people a day are flocking to see Keiko, the killer-whale star of...