A sei whale in front of the distinctive backdrop of Cape Pembroke. Photos: Caroline Weir Acoustic research by wildlife charity, Falklands Conservation (FC), and the non-profit African Aquatic ...

The Associated Press reported that the Meraviglia, a ship owned by Swiss-Italian line MSC Cruises, pulled into the Port of ...

The sei whale is one of the fastest whales, reaching speeds of up to 30 miles per hour. Sei whales inhabit all oceans and adjoining seas except in tropical and polar regions. Like other great whales, ...

On July 1, Japan announced commercial whaling quotas authorizing the annual slaughter of 25 sei whales, 187 Bryde’s whales, and 171 minke whales. The IWC’s underlying treaty, the International ...

including a cap of 167 for minke whales, 187 for Bryde’s and 25 for Sei whales. According to some analysts, this is a relatively small quota for a large vessel such as Kangei Maru, fueling ...

Japan set a total quota of 379 for the three other whale species, which include minke, Bryde's and sei whales. The country's only large-scale whaling fleet operator, Kyodo Senpaku Co., launched ...

The meat put on auction on Nov. 14 came from the most coveted “onomi” portion of a sei whale caught off Nemuro in eastern Hokkaido by the Nisshin Maru whaling ship. The whale meat was stored ...

For this year, the agency has set a combined catch quota of 379 for the three other whale species. Last year, Japanese whalers caught 294 minke, Bryde’s and sei whales — less than 80% of the ...

It also acknowledges that all Canadians have a role to play in the conservation of wildlife species. Before deciding whether the Sei Whale (Balaenoptera borealis), Atlantic population will be added to ...

Why are whales dying in record numbers? And is the crisis man made? Biologist Ella Al-Shamahi joins a specialist autopsy into the death of a 40-foot sei whale, washed up near Edinburgh.