SUBJECT: NICOL – Call for marine sanctuaries to protect whales
Submitted by Salmo on Fri, 2011-11-11 14:14
Any one hear about who's boat this one was
NEWSREADER
The Conservation Council is pushing for sanctuaries for our marine life after a baby humpback whale was fatally wounded east of Rottnest.
TIM NICOL
A vessel has collided with a... young whale calf, and it looks like it’s been fatally injured.
This is really highlighting the threats that our marine life is facing.
NEWSREADER
Tim Nicol, from CCWA, says the whale’s mother was also wounded when the vessel hit them yesterday arvo.
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Rp
hlokk
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Will a sanctuary prevent boat
Will a sanctuary prevent boat traffic? East of rottnest is inside rottnest between rotto and the land, so most likely commuting traffic?
Willlo
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Better ban all ships and
Better ban all ships and boats from the sea then, its the only way to save the whales LOL.
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Rig
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Here we go
Better build a cable car to get over there now in case someone runs over a blowie. Any news on whether the people in the boat were injured
BOOMER
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have you seen how many
have you seen how many whales are out here? you gonna see more and more of this.
Big hook,
Big bait,
BIG FISH !!!!!
uncle
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is there no middle ground
how many do we need, news report that 40000 travel our coast every year!
all aggressive fish love bigjohnsjigs
championruby
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Lol thats freakin
Lol thats freakin hilarious.
Where is this from Salmo?
must be today tonight or something of that dismal standard.
Brock O
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Mr Great White
Will sort this one out pritty quick!!!!!!!
joe amato
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stop the rotto ferry ,because it might cut a few whales in half
better stop the rotto ferries because they might cut a few whales in half lol and i wonder what would happen to the tourism on rotto,f@@@@ing ridiculous,greenies are pushing this santuaryzone thing too far,imagine what will happen to the economy of this great state of ours ,loss of labor ,money flowing back to the general public
scottywiper
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In all seriousness...
In all seriousness...
chris raff
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RIP Little Humpy
wonder if the boat was called Kamakaze...little humpy must've had his blinkers on ...all a bit suss
“Intelligence is like a four-wheel drive. It only allows you to get stuck in more remote places.”
scottywiper
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http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-
http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/injured-baby-whale-given-up-for-dead-20111111-1nb6y.html
A not-for-profit environmental advocacy group, Conservation Council of WA, has been advocating for sanctuaries in key areas around Rottnest to key areas where whales and other marine life feed and breed.
CCWA spokesman Tim Nicol said his group was particularly concerned with Perth Canyon, on the opposite side of Rottnest to where the calf was injured yesterday, as it is one of only three places in Australia the endangered blue whale feeds.
"It's really sad and unfortunate that this has happened to a humpback whale between Perth and Rottnest," he said.
"This really highlights that we need to be very careful about how we protect whales and put in places areas that are protected and designated for protections."
Is that what it does?
Comedy gold.
Howard George
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What a Dork
Tim Nicol of the WA Conservation Council is an absolute dork and how he continues to get air time mistify's me. He's so stupid it's not funny but "SAD".