Posts Tagged ‘Porpoise’

 

Seal scarer devices may harm harbour porpoise

Tuesday, June 15th, 2021

Marine scientists in Oban have found noise from devices used to stop seals eating farmed fish and damaging nets, may unintentionally harm other species like harbour porpoise. Acoustic Deterrent Devices…

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Harbour porpoises dying in UK waters

Friday, April 26th, 2019

More than 1,000 harbour porpoises are needlessly dying in UK waters each year, according to a report from a global environmental organisation. The study by the World Wide Fund for…

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Listening to the Baltic Sea Harbour Porpoise

Monday, October 22nd, 2018
      Baltic Sea Harbour Porpoise image © Ecomare/Salko de Wolf Den Hoorn Texel, Wikipedia By tracking the echolocation clicks of the endangered Baltic Sea harbour porpoise population, scientists have discovered...
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Porpoises Flee from Noise Pollution

Friday, June 1st, 2018
Toothed whales, which communicate at higher frequencies than their baleen brethren, are also disrupted by artificial noise, explains this piece from Hakai Magazine. When pioneering whale biologist Roger Payne released...
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