Can whales do that?

Why, bless me, whales can do anything!

Whales have big names to go with big doings.

Ay ay, sir! A shoal of Sperm Whales!

There are currently two whale sanctuaries in which commercial whaling is prohibited the Indian Ocean and the Southern Ocean.

The smell from the meat and dairy works was, by all accounts, appalling, and the annual slaughter of whales in the 1950s and 1960s made matters worse.

Whale sanctuaries have been proposed in the South Pacific and the South Atlantic but have not been adopted.

It turns out that this lane here goes right through a major feeding area of right whales in the summer time, and it makes an area of a significant risk of collision.

They are fatal for small toothed whales ( Odontocetes ) and sperm whales, as well as other marine mammals and fish such as sharks, sea birds and sea turtles.

150. At its 46th Annual Meeting in May 1994, the International Whaling Commission adopted a proposal to establish a quot Southern Ocean Sanctuary quot in which commercial whaling is prohibited.

34. Krill (Euphausia superba) are small shrimp like crustaceans common to the frigid waters of Antarctica and a primary source of food for whales, sea birds, fish, squid, seals and penguins.

I hope these examples have shown some of the different directions we can take in addition to protected areas to be able to keep the ocean safe for whales to be able to continue to communicate.

The amendment prohibits all commercial whaling, whether by pelagic operations or from land stations, in the Sanctuary, which comprises the waters of the southern hemisphere southward of the line connecting a number of points located between 40 and 60 degrees south. 98