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Whales Alive!

Vol. XVII No. 2 April 2008

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Contents of the April 2008 issue:

• The Big Meeting That Wasn't
• Dark Days Ahead for Whales?
• The Dolphin Who Saves Whales
• Cetacean News
• Sonar Suspected in Death of Dolphin
• Robson Bight Update - No Cleanup Planned Yet
• Moratorium on Open Net-Cage Salmon Farming in Northern British Columbia, Virus in Chilean Farmed Salmon
• CSI Grants
• Discovering A New Population of Franciscana Dolphins
• The Legendary Natalie Goodall
• From Mellon Bank to Stellwagen Bank
• New Books and DVD's
• CSI Offers "Robbins Barstow Marine Science Book Award" to 50 Connecticut High School Seniors
• Board Recommends Streamlining CSI Bylaws; Special Members' Meeting To Be Held In May

Whales Alive!

Vol. XVII No. 1 January 2008

• Japan, the US and the IWC
• Peggy Oki's "Homage to Megaptera"
• The Makah Whale Kill: Is there any light shining from such a dark moment?
• Restrictions on Navy Sonar
• CITES and Solomon Islands
• Cetacean News
• Oil Spill in Robson Bight, British Columbia Whale Sanctuary
• Humpback Communication
• Book Reviews
• Thanks To CSI President William W. Rossiter
• CSI's Annual Meeting on 28 January 2008
• CSI Information And Membership

Whales Alive!

Vol. XVI No. 4 October 2007

• Please Help CSI's ACOREMA Earthquake Relief Project!
• Toxic Japanese School Lunches: Assemblymen from Taiji Condemn Practice and Sound Warning
• Boston Dolphin Day Protest
• New York City: Saving Dolphins
• Can CITES Survive the Solomon Islands?
• Dolphins Killed in Brazil; You Can Help Stop It
• "An act of savage disobedience": Makah Whaler Defines His Illegal Hunt
• Sister Sanctuaries to Protect Endangered Humpback Whales at Both Ends of Migration
• The Sonar War on Whales
• CSI Information And Membership

Whales Alive!

Vol. XVI No. 3 July 2007

• Of Whales and Reindeer: The 59th Annual Meeting of the International Whaling Commission
• Origami Whale Curtain
• A Wild Meeting: CITES Maintains The Ban On Trade In Whale Products, But Not Without A Fight
• UN Law of the Sea Treaty Resurfaces
• Noise: Get Involved
• Cetacean News
• Solomon Islands
• CSI's Grants Program
• New Publications
• Marine Animal Survival Team Gaining Momentum
• Swim to Save Dolphins
• CSI Information And Membership

Whales Alive!

Vol. XVI No. 2 April 2007

• Countdown to the IWC Meeting in May
• UK Anti-Whaling Initiative
• Whale Symposium in New York
• Can The Estuarine Dolphin Be Classified As Vulnerable Species In Northeastern Brazil?
• Vaquita: Cetacean Extinction In Real Time!
• Cetacean News
• Desperation + Exploitation = DAT
• Sonarizing
• Bearzi's Lament
• Not So Happy Feet: Marine Animals Are Threatened by Environmental Changes
• Bank Executive Transformed by Stellwagen's Whales
• Marine Animal Survival Team
• Sowerby's beaked whales
• CSI Information And Membership

Whales Alive!

Vol. XVI No. 1 January 2007

• Eyewitness to Extinction: The Chinese River Dolphin - Baiji - Going, Going, Gone
• Whaling Update: Higher Quotas and Additional Species Targeted
• Right Whales: Congress Fails to Commit Funds to Save The Species
• A Partial Victory Against Taiji's Dolphin Slaughters!
• Odds and Ends
• Challenge of Humpback Identification
• Writing About Whales
• Wyland Sperm Whale Mural Restored in New London
• CSI Preliminary Annual Report
• In Memoriam: Gerry Eastman Studds
• Reviews
• CSI's Annual Meeting on 29 January 2007
• CSI Information And Membership

Whales Alive!

Vol. XV No. 4 October 2006

• Conny's 30th Birthday
• Japan's Dolphin Drives
• Beluga Misadventures
• Cetacean News
• Whaling Update
• Trading Away The Whales' Future
• Book Reviews
• An Evening of Art and Whales
• Global Warming and Whales
• CSI Information And Membership

Whales Alive!

Vol. XV No. 3 July 2006

• Whale Wars and Caribbean Breezes
• CSI's Noisy About Noise
• Cetacean Captivity Update
• Cetacean News
• In Memoriam: Maxine E. McCloskey
• CSI Information And Membership

Whales Alive!

Vol. XV No. 2 April 2006

• A Whaling Prelude to St. Kitts
• In the Presence of Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises
• Cetacean News
• Noise in the Oceans: Military Sonar
• Save The Oceans - Save The Whales
• CSI Information And Membership

Whales Alive!

Vol. XV No. 1 January 2006

• Signs of Hope, and Concern, in the Baja Peninsula
• The Buenos Aires Declaration
• Cetacean Killing Continues
• Homework: Your Gift To Whales
• Cetacean News Bits
• CSI Projects
• For Love or Money
• CSI's Annual Meeting on 30 January 2006
• CSI Information And Membership

Whales Alive!

Vol. XIV No. 4 October 2005

• Save The Endangered Species Act
• Protest Against Japan's Dolphin Slaughter
• Whaling
• Right or Wrong?
• Fulcrum, An Entangled Humpback
• Makah Whaling
• Cetacean News
• Ben White
• CSI Information And Membership

Whales Alive!

Vol. XIV No. 3 July 2005

• Whales Win Again - Just Barely (Report from the 57th Annual Meeting of the International Whaling Commission)
• Recent Developments on the Ocean Noise Issue
• Cetaceans in Captivity
• Cetacean News Items
• Super Saturday in Harrisburg, PA
• Book Reviews
• CSI Information And Membership

Whales Alive!

Vol. XIV No. 2 April 2005

• High Stakes At The IWC
• More As The IWC Looms
• Makah Whaling
• Contaminated Dolphin Meat In Japan
• Sonar And Seismic Noise
• Bits and Pieces
• Whale Watchers, Are You Ready?
• CSI Information And Membership

Whales Alive!

Vol. XIV No. 1 January 2005

• What Do We Do About The RMS?
• Captive Dolphins In The Solomon Islands
• Dolphin Drives in Japan
• The Continuing Dilemma of Right Whales
• Noise in the Oceans
• Cetacean Strandings
• Cetacean News
• CSI's Annual Meeting on 31 January 2005
• CSI Information And Membership

Whales Alive!

Vol. XIII No. 4 October 2004

• CSI On The Frontline For Whales: A Report from the 56th Annual Meeting of the International Whaling Commission
• CITES Meeting In October
• Noise Update
• News Items
• 11RT
• News From New York
• In Memoriam: Robert Victor
• CSI Information And Membership

Whales Alive!

Vol. XIII No. 3 July 2004

• Whaling Update and the IWC
• Tuna/Dolphin Update
• The U.S. and The Law Of The Sea
• A Miracle Amidst Misery Brings Hope
• Cetacean News
• Conny Painting, Glazing and Railings
• Science Center Summer Whale Exhibit
• CSI Information And Membership

Whales Alive!

Vol. XIII No. 2 April 2004

• Looking Forward To The IWC Annual Meeting In July
• Troubled Waters: The Cruelty of Whaling
• Maui Dolphins and the Ethics of Tagging Cetaceans
• Latin American Research
• Captivity Update
• Updates On Noise In The Oceans
• News Items
• Ecology and Conservation Of Dolphins In Southern Chile
• News From Brazil
• Book Reviews
• CSI Information And Membership

Whales Alive!

Vol. XIII No. 1 January 2004

• Focus Forward
• What One Man/Woman Can Do
• Three Decades Of Whale Saving
• The "Conny" Project
• CSI's Annual Meeting on 2 February 2004
• CSI's Grant Program
• CSI Information And Membership

Whales Alive!

Vol. XII No. 4 October 2003

• Greed, Corruption and Captivity
• Cetacean News
• Protecting Whales and Dolphins In The Caribbean
• Noise Update
• Iceland Resumes Whaling
• Iceland and Whales
• Keep Your Eyes Open For Great New Global Whale Watching Movie
• News From New York
• In Memoriam
• CSI Information And Membership

Whales Alive!

Vol. XII No. 3 July 2003

• IWC 55: The Conservation Evolution
• The Military's Fight to be Unaccountable for its Impact on the Environment
• Sonar Kills Whales, So What?
• Cetacean News
• Book Reviews
• Conny's Heidelberg Connection - 1975-2003
• CSI Information And Membership

Whales Alive!

Vol. XII No. 2 April 2003

• Marine Mammal Protection Act Under Attack
• Innocents at War
• Makah Whaling
• It's a Wonder the International Whaling Commission Survives
• Cetacean News
• 17th Annual European Cetacean Society Conference
• Research
• Book Review: Ahab's Wife
• CSI Information And Membership

Whales Alive!

Vol. XII No. 1 January 2003

• Review of CSI's Accomplishments in 2002
• CITES 2002 Conference: CSI Was There
• Happy 30th Anniversary, MMPA!
• SURTASS LFA Allowed Limited Operation
• Setback For Dolphin-Safe Tuna
• Dolphins On Duty
• Keiko
• Puget Sound Orcas
• Makah Whaling Stopped, For Now
• People Who Help Cetaceans
• CSI Helping People Who Help Cetaceans
• Upcoming Events
• Humpback Whales Returning to the Caribbean
• Book Reviews
• Christine Stevens
• CSI Information And Membership

Whales Alive!

Vol. XI No. 4 October 2002

• Whales Versus Nets and Boats
• Keiko and Other Whales' Tales
• Captivity Stinks
• Sonar, Seismic Surveys, Lawsuits And Voters Make Loud Noises
• Helping People Who Help Whales
• Killing and Eating Whales and Dolphins
• Who Gets the Fish?
• Notes
• CSI Information And Membership

Whales Alive!

Vol. XI No. 3 July 2002

• The 2002 IWC Annual Meeting
• The War Over The MMPA
• Wayward Whales, Dolphins, and NMFS
• Cetaceans in Captivity: The "Wall of Death"
• Report From Peru
• News Items
• CSI Information And Membership

Whales Alive!

Vol. XI No. 2 April 2002

• IWC: A Challenging Meeting on the Horizon
• Tuna-Dolphin Update
• Stop the Russian Beluga Exploitation
• Right Whales: There Is Hope, One Whale at a Time
• Cetaceans in Captivity: Some Positive Change, But Still Much Suffering
• Noise: Who or What Is the Military Fighting?
• Orcas: Well Beyond Our Understanding
• Meeting Dolphins and Whales: Can We Be Considerate?
• Book Review
• CSI Information And Membership

Whales Alive!

Vol. XI No. 1 January 2002

• CSI Looks Ahead To Opportunities
• Whale Watching in Costa Rica: How You Can Help
• Go Whale Watching in Iceland: Make A Difference
• "Full Speed Ahead, Damn the Noise"
• The MMPA and Captivity
• The Challenge of Extinction
• The Magic of Science
• Japanese Whaling and the IWC
• News Items
• Book Review
• CSI Information And Membership

Whales Alive!

Vol. X No. 4 October 2001

• IWC 2001
• Tuna/Dolphin Update
• 1102 Is Dead
• Whales And War
• News Items
• Book Review
• Franciscana Dolphin: A Threatened Species?
• JOHN C. LILLY
• CSI Information And Membership

Whales Alive!

Vol. X No. 3 July 2001

• The Moral Imperative For Whale Protection
• The IWC: The Fate of the Whales in the Balance
• Protest Against Talbots in Boston
• What Is The LFA Really Like?
• Captivity Report
• News Items
• Books
• Salt & Friends
• CSI Information And Membership

Whales Alive!

Vol. X No. 2 April 2001

• Four Case Studies: Issues, Struggles, And Solutions
• Whaling Update
• Dolphins Saved from Norwegian Harpoons
• Why Whales?
• Captivity Gets Uglier
• Hardy Jones Investigates Fishing Villages Of Japan, April 2001
• Navy Noise: The Crescendo Approaches
• Habitat Use And Preferences Of Tucuxi Marine Dolphins In Paraty Bay (Rio De Janeiro, Brazil)
• News Items
• In Memoriam: David McTaggart, 1932-2001
• CSI Information And Membership

Whales Alive!

Vol. X No. 1 January 2001

• CSI OPPOSES PROPOSED IWC RMS: Don't Legalize Whale Slaughter for Money
• Japan, Norway, and the Pressure to Resume Commercial Whaling
• Emotions
• Update on LFA
• Mexico: Tourism Fuels Inhumane Captivity Industry
• Reality Check
• Resources in the Caribbean
• News Notes
• Projeto Baleia Jubarte
• Annual Report: CSI In 2000
• CSI Information And Membership

Whales Alive!

Vol. IX No. 4 October 2000

• Stop Japan's Slaughter of the Great Sperm Whale
• Japan: Making a Science of Killing Conservation Efforts
• Changes at the Marine Mammal Commission
• Canada's Captive Cetaceans
• Even New Zealand Has Problems
• Cape Cod Stranding Network, Inc. - Rescuing Marine Mammals Around the Clock
• News Notes
• Louder Is Not Better
• In Memoriam: Edwin G. Wadstrom, 1924-2000
• CSI Information And Membership

Whales Alive!

Vol. IX No. 3 July 2000

• Bad News for Whales at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the International Whaling Commission
• 24 U.S. Senators Condemn Japan's Renewed Whaling
• CITES: A Whale of a Confrontation!
• Caribbean Conservation
• Update on Tuna/Dolphin
• Navy Noise Policies: Bad Mistake Or Worse Strategy?
• Makah Whaling: Appeal Wins
• Humans Versus Dolphins: Paracas National Reserve, Peru
• Congratulations to UNEP Global 500 Award Winner Abbi Bjorgvinsson!
• News Notes
• Jay Leventhal Saves Whales
• Book Review
• CSI Information And Membership

Whales Alive!

Vol. IX No. 2 April 2000

• Navy Sonar Versus Whales And Dolphins: Unprecedented Mass Stranding in the Bahamas
• LFA SRP Phase IV: The Din Continues
  • Letter from Senator Joseph Lieberman
• CITES Meeting in Kenya
• CITES, IWC and CSI: Help Us Get There
• News from Japan
• Tuna/Dolphin Update
• Whale-Watching in Vava'u, Tonga, an Important Economic Resource
• News Notes
• In Memoriam
• CSI's Officers and Board Members for 2000
• CSI Information And Membership

Whales Alive!

Vol. IX No. 1 January 2000

• A Change of Perspective
• News Notes
• Tuna/Dolphin: New Challenges and Changes
• CITES Update
• Whale Watching Tourism In The Kingdom of Tonga
• A Tribute to CSI President William W. Rossiter
• CSI Information And Membership

Whales Alive!

Vol. VIII No. 4 October 1999

• The Mind-Numbing Big Picture: The Price Of The Information Age
• Cetacean News
• Status Review Of Gray Whales
• Cetacean Captivity Update
• SPAW: A Conference We Can Applaud
• Respond To The LFA DEIS: Public Comment Period Closing 28 October 1999
• First Annual Silent Oceans Day
• Optimum Utilization of Whales and Other West Coast Natural Resources
• Makah Whaling Also A Political Issue
• Listening to Whales in the British Virgin Islands
• Robbins Barstow Turns Eighty!
• CSI Information And Membership

Whales Alive!

Vol. VIII No. 3 July 1999

• Gray Whale Killed By Makah, CSI Backs Counter-Initiative
• 51st International Whaling Commission Meeting, May 1999
• Update on CITES
• Tuna-Dolphin Update
• LFA: Time To Make Our Voices Heard
• Captivity Update
• News Notes
• Whale Rally in Boston
• Book Review
• June 5, 1999 CSI Whale Watch Report
• CSI Information And Membership

Whales Alive!

Vol. VIII No. 2 April 1999

• Large Whales and Small Numbers
• The Brazilian Antarctic Whales Project
• We Need Your Support To Bring CSI To The IWC
• Tuna Dolphin Update
• Baja Salt Plant Issue Heats Up
• River Dolphins In The Bolivian Amazon
• Whale-Watching Ethics Forum Report
• News Notes
• CSI 1999 Officers and Directors
• 1999 CSI Whale Watch on June 5
• CSI Information And Membership

Whales Alive!

Vol. VIII No. 1 January 1999

• Makah Whaling: A Tangled Web
• Dolphin Accord Moves Closer To Actuality
• Lolita's Prospects
• CSI News
• News Notes
• Captivity Update
• CSI Information And Membership

Whales Alive!

Vol. VII No. 4 October 1998

• Makah Whaling
• "Peace to the Whales"
• Noise in the Oceans: How Much Is Too Much?
• Tuna-Dolphin Update
• Mitsubishi Threatens Gray Whales
• Keiko: Finally Home!
• The Humpback Whales Of Tonga
• Where Is All The Marine Life?
• Whale Watch Impacts
• News Items
• Ken Norris' Passing
• Fund-Raising Gift Cards Available
• CSI Information And Membership

Whales Alive!

Vol. VII No. 3 July 1998

• The International Whaling Commission at 50
• IWC Membership Contributions
• Whales And CITES: No "Trade-offs", Please!
• Tuna Commission Update
• Makah Whaling Update
• Update on the LFA and Other Ocean Noise
• Whale Watching and Research
• News Notes
• The Internet
• Local CSI News
• CSI Information And Membership

Whales Alive!

Vol. VII No. 2 April 1998

• On To Oman: The 1998 IWC Meeting
• We Need Your Support to Bring CSI to the IWC
• Tuna/Dolphin Update
• The LFS Phase III Test in Hawaii
• Two More Dead Whales Associated with ATOC
• "Whales Alive" Conference Report
• What About Dolphin Assisted Therapy?
• News Notes
• CSI 1998 Officers and Directors
• 1997 President's Report For CSI
• CSI Information And Membership

Whales Alive!

Vol. VII No. 1 January 1998

• The 1997 IWC Meeting and Beyond: The Turmoil Continues
• Tuna/Dolphin Update
• CSI Supports Lawsuit Opposing Makah Whaling
• Passamaquoddy Harbor Porpoise Hunting
• CSI Error Concerning New Zealand Dolphin Tours
• Announcing the "Ultimate" Iceland Whale Watching Odyssey
• Report from Iceland
• More On Keiko
• Migrating and Breeding Whales versus Loud Humans: the Continuing Din of the LFS
• Update on ATOC
• Captive Cetaceans In Latin America And The Caribbean
• Captive Marine Mammals In South America (see Captive Cetaceans In South America for an updated report.)
• Four Captive Orcas Die In October 1997
• News Notes
• Book Reviews and Conferences
• Cape Verde Islands Humpback Whale Program
• Working for Whales: Tom Callinan
• CSI Information And Membership

Whales Alive!

Vol. VI No. 4 October 1997

• Turmoil At The IWC - A Test Of Wills
• CSI at the IWC Meeting
• On the Soviet Whaling Falsification, 1947-1972
• Australian Task Force Report: Powerful Anti-Whaling Stand Jeopardized by Key Recommendation
• Tuna/Dolphin...The New Frontier
• Your Help Needed To Save The Endangered Species Act
• News Notes
• Whale Watching Soars in Iceland!
• Whale Watching World Wide
• "Working for Whales"
• "Humpback Whales of the Cape Verde Islands"
• CSI Information And Membership

Whales Alive!

Vol. VI No. 3 July 1997

• Steve Morris: The Power of One
• CITES: A Whale of a Meeting
• Dolphin-Safe Tuna...where do we go from here?
• Amazon River Dolphins in Texas?
• Update on the Low Frequency Active (LFA) Sonar
• Explosions at Fernando de Noronha Island
• Two Taiji Orcas Have Died
• News Items
• International Workshop on the Educational Values of Whale Watching
• Australian Whaling Report Completed
• The Bottlenose Dolphins of Northland, New Zealand
• Working for Whales
• Whale Watch Report - June 14, 1997
• Jacques-Yves Cousteau
• CSI Information And Membership

Whales Alive!

Vol. VI No. 2 April 1997

• The Taiji Five Revolution and Action Alert
• Australian Task Force Preparing Report on How To Achieve Permanent Ban on Commercial Whaling
• CSI Commends Clinton for Taking Action Against Canada over Bowhead Issue
• Iceland for Whale Watching!
• News Notes
• CSI 1997 Officers and Directors
• Stephen Leatherwood
• CSI Information And Membership

Whales Alive!

Vol. VI No. 1 January 1997

• Free "Moby Dick" Movie at Science Center January 30
• CSI Annual Membership Meeting January 30
• Donald B. Kilpatrick
• Australia Seeking Permanent Ban on Commercial Whaling
• Dolphin Slaughter Limited & Captive Whales Released in Japan
• Warm Blooded Scientists
• The Makah Whaling Dance
• Navy Noises Continue
• Marineland of Canada: GET INVOLVED, PLEASE!
• News and Action Notes
• More Books to Get Excited About
• New IMAX Movie: "Whales"
• CSI Information And Membership

Whales Alive!

Vol. V No. 4 October 1996

• Sound Sound Policies and the LFA
• News and Updates
• Some Thoughts on Listening to Humpback Whales in the Caribbean
• Report on Cetacean Research in Brazil
• Upcoming Events
• World of Whales CD-ROM
• Books
• CSI Information And Membership

Whales Alive!

Vol. V No. 3 July 1996

• The 1996 International Whaling Commission Meeting
• The Power of One
• City Students Seek Corky's Release
• Freedom, Justice, and Sabotage
• 1996 CSI Whale Watch Report
• Rededication of CONNY Celebrated June 15
• CSI Information And Membership

Whales Alive!

Vol. V No. 2 April 1996

• The Power of "Why?"
• CONNY Rededication Celebration
• Update on the International Whaling Commission
• IWC Appeal: CSI Will Be There
• Update on Baja Gray Whales
• Students Work to Free Corky
• Bogie and Bacall Update - please refer to the follow-up in the July 1996 Whales Alive!: Freedom, Justice, and Sabotage
• News Items, Events, Books
• CSI 1996 Officers And Directors
• CSI Information And Membership

Whales Alive!

Vol. V No. 1 January 1996

• "8,11,9,13,11,13,11,7,16,12,17,12,6,8,7"
• CSI Opposes Whaling by the Makah
• International Whaling Commission Update
• Cetaceans: Hidden Victims of the Government Shutdown
• ATOC Project Delayed (temporarily) by Dead Whales
• CSI Annual Membership Meeting 31 January
• Update on CONNY Restoration
• News Items
• CSI Information And Membership

Whales Alive!

Vol. IV No. 4 October 1995

• More Precious Than Gold
• Marine Mammals Are Likely Victims of Congressional "Reform" Efforts
• Urgent Action Needed to Save Dolphins: The Tuna/Dolphin Situation Heats Up
• The Makah and "Amazing Grace"
• Welcome Home Bogie and Bacall - please refer to the follow-up in the July 1996 Whales Alive!: Freedom, Justice, and Sabotage
• ATOC: The Controversy Continues
• CSI News
• Howard E. Winn, 1926-1995
• CSI Information And Membership

Whales Alive!

Vol. IV No. 3 July 1995

• Cetaceans in Captivity: The Provocation Continues
• Report on 1995 IWC Meeting
• A Statement of Affirmation
• Is There Still Time?
• News Items
• CSI's Annual Whale Watch
• CSI Information And Membership