Ocean Conservation News – 02/16/2023

Photo by Kammeran Gonzalez-Keola from Pexels: https://www.pexels.com/photo/dolphins-underwater-6399307/

Ambassador to run 14 sailings dedicated to ocean conservation

https://travelweekly.co.uk/news/tour-operators/ambassador-to-run-14-itineraries-dedicated-to-ocean-conservation

Ambassador Cruise Line has renewed its partnership with marine conservation charity Orca and announced it will run 14 itineraries dedicated to protecting ocean life in 2023-24.

Ocean protection needs Inuit involvement, marine congress hears

https://www.rcinet.ca/eye-on-the-arctic/2023/02/15/153961/

Inuit leaders say the recent marine protected area congress in Vancouver, B.C. was an important occasion to remind the international community of the role Indigenous people need to play in ocean conservation.

Recent seismic activity in Indian Ocean likely led pilot whales to beach on Sri Lanka shores

https://news.mongabay.com/2023/02/earthquakes-in-turkey-and-syria-likely-led-pilot-whales-to-beach-on-sri-lanka-shores/

Marine experts say the seismic activity in the Indian Ocean in the past few days likely pushed a pod of pilot whales onto Sri Lanka’s shores.

How can we help the right whale avoid extinction?

https://environmentamerica.org/articles/how-can-we-help-the-right-whale-avoid-extinction/

Commitments from large restaurants and grocery stores to purchase whale-safe lobster will help.

After a life-threatening injury, Rocky the Loggerhead sea turtle has a second chance at life

https://www.wpbf.com/article/florida-juno-beach-rocky-loggerhead-sea-turtle-atlantic-ocean/42920520#

Rocky is 220 pounds and was found floating off of North Hutchinson Island just before the New Year. With the help of locals and park rangers, Rocky was able to be rescued and given another shot at life.



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