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Peter Corkeron @petercorkeron.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Thoughtful piece in @thefridaytimes.bsky.social by Dr. Intikhab Ulfat on #whaling in Iceland "It will show how a society can retain respect for its maritime history while deciding that history does not impose an obligation to repeat every practice inherited from it" 🐳🌍🦑

thefridaytimes.com

The Last Harpoon? Iceland Confronts The Future Of Commercial Whaling

Governments contemplating the termination of any legal industry have an obligation to think about transition, retraining and alternative employment rather than

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Peter Corkeron @petercorkeron.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

This is unfortunate "...American fishermen just want to fish, and they need their government to clear the bureaucratic barriers standing in their way." For #rightwhales "NOAA Fisheries will not mandate the use of ropeless gear." The fishing industry's desires, fulfulled 🐳🌍🦑

fisheries.noaa.gov

Advancing Agency-Level Reforms to Restore American Seafood Competitiveness

NOAA Fisheries Assistant Administrator Eugenio Piñeiro Soler announces prioritized agency actions in support of the Executive Order on Restoring American Seafood Competitiveness.

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Peter Corkeron @petercorkeron.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

@birmo.bsky.social demonstrating the importance of changing the frame of environmental discussion "This was not the act of some vengeful god. Look into the truth of this, and you will find names, org charts and KPIs" "It fell because the reckoning is here."

aliensideboob.substack.com

The Reckoning

That imagery of the Himalayan tsunami smashing into the multi-story building in Nepal was horrifying, but then murder always is, isn’t it?

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Peter Corkeron @petercorkeron.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Disheartening. Piece by Johnny Sturgeon in @insideclimatenews.org E.g. for ropeless gear & #rightwhales "While NOAA has claimed it will continue to promote and research such gear inventions, it is pushing to make implementation optional for fishermen or even halt the program altogether" 🐳🌍🦑

insideclimatenews.org

NOAA’s New Priorities Put Profits Ahead of Marine Protections - Inside Climate News

The agency directed the nation’s regional fisheries councils to scrap certain marine protected areas, remove species from conservation lists and expand commercial fishing operations.

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Peter Corkeron @petercorkeron.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

On #whaling: Intriguing documentary on the Norwegian industry Featuring @jromanvt.bsky.social being wise, as usual. At 49:17, Norwegian whaling explained by Lars Walløe: "a kind of self determination" Made by: the Endangered Species Protection Agency: www.speciesprotection.com 🐳🌍🦑

whalewashfilm.com

Watch the film

Whale Wash is an investigative documentary film exploring the modern Norwegian whaling industry and why whaling still exists in the 21st century.

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Peter Corkeron @petercorkeron.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I've had a new paper published on shipping collisions with North Atlantic #rightwhale, based on analysis of strikes on several whale species. In @esr-ir.bsky.social www.int-res.com/articles/esr... The work was supported by @peer.org TL;DR - huge vessels matter. A lot. 🐳🌍🦑🧪

Figure 1b from the paper, showing the relationship between vessel speed and probability of a lethal strike on large whales. Coloured lines indicate the fit of the binomial GLM fit to the data. Shading indicates 95% confidence intervals. NOte that only the model fits for "S" and "XL" vessels should get much credence. Read the paper to understand why.

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Peter Corkeron @petercorkeron.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Great article in @australia.theguardian.com on shark attacks Includes comments & a photoshoot of @robharcourt.bsky.social Classic quote from @conservbytes.bsky.social on shark nets "They’re an environmental catastrophe and there is no evidence that they reduce the incidence of shark bites" 🐳🌍🦑

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Peter Corkeron @petercorkeron.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Nice to see someone who stood up for their principles and lost their job get coverage from @sulliview.bsky.social in @theguardian.com Shame about all the rest of us who aren't famous And Pelley was " able to do what his more vulnerable colleagues cannot"? Solidarity's not a thing anymore ffs

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Peter Corkeron @petercorkeron.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Japanese fisheries agency releases this year's Total Allowable Catch for Japanese #whaling from www.jfa.maff.go.jp/e/whale/atta... 🐳🌍🦑

Screenshot of the table showing allocations of Totalt Allowable Catch for Japanese whaling for 2026. 167 minke, 154 Bryde's, 56 sei and 60 fin whales in the TAC. Factory ship whaling TAC totals 114 sei and fin whales

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Peter Corkeron @petercorkeron.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Hey @news.abc.net.au how about conflicts of interest? Dr Hellyer is also "'Director of Strategy at C2 Robotics" from his bio C2 make the Spearfish submarine LUUV: c2robotics.com.au/products/spe... that *according to the ADF* is part of #AUKUS www.defence.gov.au/news-events/...

strategicanalysis.org

About Strategic Analysis Australia

Strategic Analysis Australia exists to provide policy insights into national security, defence and international relations challenges.

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Peter Corkeron @petercorkeron.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

New piece by @catrineinhorn.bsky.social in @nytimes.com on upcoming changes to vessel strike rules for #rightwhales in US waters Tech to the rescue? 2 quick points: 1. Satellite tagging enough whales to make a difference to vessel strikes? Scale problem. Logistics? Cost? 🐳🌍🦑🧪 1/🧵

nytimes.com

Could New Tech Help Save Some Very Rare Whales?

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Peter Corkeron @petercorkeron.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Interesting piece by Prof Karen Stockin in @aunz.theconversation.com on the reaction to Timmy the whale's plight. What would be most useful if the empathy shown by so many could be focused on addressing the impact that created his problems in the first place - entanglement in fishing gear 🐳🌍🦑🧪

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Peter Corkeron @petercorkeron.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Wait until Emma Beddington learns that US military & former military sign off emails with v/r Abbreviation for Very Respectfully Irony, lost? I always responded to v/r with mvh, Norwegian abbreviation for med vennlig hilsen No-one ever asked me what it meant

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Peter Corkeron @petercorkeron.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Piece in the @sydmorningherald.bsky.social on whales off Sydney, and how to deal with vessel strike. In 2018 when I led @fisheries.noaa.gov Northeast whale team, we won a US Public Sector Innovation Award for taking bleeding edge tech & making it simple to use for mitigating ship strike 🐳🌍🦑🧪 1/🧵

smh.com.au

More whales are visiting Sydney out of season. Scientists debate why

The first whales swimming north for the winter have already been spotted off the coast of Sydney, while artificial intelligence is helping reduce one of the marine mammals’ deadliest direct threats.

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Peter Corkeron @petercorkeron.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Many pieces appearing on the US decision to remove protections for Balaenoptera ricei, the whale endemic to the Gulf of Mexico. All still call it Rice's Whale, the name given it by NOAA scientists. For example, this good piece by @tjwebber.bsky.social Rice's whale? The American whale. 1/🧵 🐳🌍🦑🧪

apnews.com

Things to know about Rice's whale, a rare species at risk from Trump plans for more Gulf drilling

One of the world’s rarest whales, the Rice's whale, is in the way of the Trump administration's desire to expand oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Peter Corkeron @petercorkeron.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Good article in @gardenandgun.com @alaskaraven.bsky.social - “They should all be living this long and calving into their fifties, sixties, and seventies.” "Ghost" has only ever had one entanglement. What really makes her rare is that she doesn't live off the east coast of North America 1/🧵

gardenandgun.com

Ghost the Right Whale Had Her Ninth Calf at Age 50. Why Is She So Rare?

Her longevity hints at a century-long lifespan most of her species will never reach

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Peter Corkeron @petercorkeron.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Intriguing how messages conveyed by the drone strikes on the ports at Duqm and Salalah appear not to have sunk in. Certainly not to the media. Or the commentariat? Just reports, like this one from @reuters.com Now, let's see this post disappear without a trace...

reuters.com

Drone hits fuel tank at Oman's Duqm port

A fuel tank at Oman’s Duqm commercial port was hit on Tuesday when the facility came under ‌attack from several unmanned aircraft, the state news agency said, citing a security source, on the fourth ...

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Peter Corkeron @petercorkeron.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

This looks bad @fisheries.noaa.gov Amendments to the North Atlantic #RightWhale Vessel Strike Reduction Rule "The goal of this initiative is to reduce unnecessary regulatory and economic burdens on the regulated community by replacing current seasonal speed restrictions with... 🐳🌍🦑🧪 1/2

fisheries.noaa.gov

Amendments to the North Atlantic Right Whale Vessel Strike Reduction Rule

NOAA Fisheries has announced an advance notice of proposed rulemaking considering possible deregulatory action to modify the North Atlantic Right Whale Vessel Speed Rule.

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Peter Corkeron @petercorkeron.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Good piece by @attackerman.bsky.social in @thenation.com Problems with US JSOC "Special operations must be reconfigured under one that can be trusted to obey the law" At one point the chief of ISR for SOCAFRICA was working for a major #conservation org *while chief of SOCAFRICA ISR* 🌍 1/2

thenation.com

The War on Terror Paved the Way for Trump’s Rise—Now He’s Making It His Own

Only the total abolition of the DHS can restore freedom.

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Peter Corkeron @petercorkeron.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

As mentioned in the article, the #IWC turned 80 this year. The whaling moratorium turned 40 So, for the first half its existence it was a whalers' club. For the second half it's been driven by the moratorium, which has minimized commercial whaling. What comes next? 🐳🌍🦑

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Peter Corkeron @petercorkeron.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

TIL a new term for those in a similar situation to me*: "refugee scientist". Guess I can add that to "US government scientific whistleblower". "'the media in the USA has taken no interest" rings true h/t @wpmueller.bsky.social for the story *But obviously flying much higher than me 🐳🌍🦑🧪

theconversation.com

‘We need to rethink how we approach biodiversity’: an interview with IPCC ecologist and ‘refugee scientist’ Camille Parmesan

An ecologist at the IPCC for over 25 years, Camille Parmesan, who is also a refugee scientist, explains how to preserve biodiversity on a warming planet.

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Peter Corkeron @petercorkeron.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

If you need a happy science story today - another piece how male dolphins who bond better with their mates* age slower @aunz.theconversation.com piece by @liviagerber.bsky.social @kjpeters.bsky.social and Lee Rollins *Aussie dolphins, so the Aussie meaning of mates 🐳🦑🧪

theconversation.com

Friendship is magic: male dolphins with close friends age more slowly

Like friendship itself, the slower ageing is more than just skin deep.

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Peter Corkeron @petercorkeron.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Happy science story: Dolphins with good mates* age slower. More awesome work from @researchdolphin.bsky.social Led by @liviagerber.bsky.social @stephanielking.bsky.social @kjpeters.bsky.social 🐳🦑🧪 *the Australian meaning of mate - after all, they're Australian dolphins

nature.com

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Peter Corkeron @petercorkeron.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

International scientific conferences are organized years in advance. Some scientific societies need the money from US-based conferences to remain operational. Then there's US scientists losing jobs & funding so not attending Increases the risk of the end of some scientific societies 🧪

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Peter Corkeron @petercorkeron.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Good to see some realism in the discussion of the latest (detected) #rightwhale entanglement '“Division’s entanglement is significant and life-threatening,” said Heather Pettis,' (New England) 'Aquarium scientists said fishing gear and ropes deeply embedded in Division’s blowhole... 1/2 🐳🌍🦑

bostonglobe.com

Endangered North Atlantic right whale entangled in fishing line off Georgia may not survive, scientists say - The Boston Globe

The 3-year-old male right whale was last spotted fishing gear-free in July.

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Peter Corkeron @petercorkeron.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Apparently there's a been an entangled right whale sighted recently. New entanglement is what I hear. Let's see if that gets confirmed and if so makes the news any time soon. 🐳🌍🦑

theglobeandmail.com

Showing humanity to endangered North Atlantic right whales pays off

From the ocean to the classroom, from Atlantic Canada to the U.S. South, these people are finding ways to save a species before it vanishes

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Peter Corkeron @petercorkeron.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

"The wild" is a daft idea. 5 animals I saw in my neighbourhood (Townsville example) Snubfin dolphin (seen while at Kokoda Poo) Bush stone-curlew (nest in the backyard) Olive backed sunbird (nest on the front verandah) Black flying fox (inside the house once) Great bowerbird (bower down the street)

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Peter Corkeron @petercorkeron.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

New paper by @marcusreamer.bsky.social & @emilyyeager9.bsky.social One aspect of this conversation that goes missing - what if everyone referred to them as "The American Whale" - another possible name. How would that affect this attention cycle? Or even the "Gulf of Mexico whale"? 🐳🌍🦑

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Peter Corkeron @petercorkeron.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

This. And, speaking for a friend, obviously - I really, really hate it when as a scientist, someone points to this trust in science problem and other scientists in their field attack them for being a too negative about the concerns of stakeholders

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Peter Corkeron @petercorkeron.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Vaquitas "hanging on" is a fair description. Describing this as a modest increase is not following the science. From the survey report summary - "There is too much uncertainty in visual estimates to make strong conclusions about a trend in vaquita numbers..." more quotes to come 🐳🌍🦑 1/2

seashepherd.org

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Peter Corkeron @petercorkeron.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

As @tommysoutdoors.com has reposted this (thanks Tommy!) I thought I would too. For those who came in late...

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Peter Corkeron @petercorkeron.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Great piece by @pelagicblue.bsky.social and Andrea Capurro on #krill management issues in the #Antarctic 🐳🌍🦑

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Peter Corkeron @petercorkeron.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

When subeditors write headlines like this, who needs @theonion.com, @chaser.com.au or pick your parody site Massive acoustic monitoring effort, vaquita numbers stable this year at 7-10. "1,228 detectors at 497 sites, acoustic monitoring recorded 254 encounters" 🐳🌍🦑 h/t @vaquita911.bsky.social

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Peter Corkeron @petercorkeron.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Great piece by @fieseler.bsky.social Given that the flattening of the #rightwhale decline coincides with offshore wind development's increase, those who use the cherry-pick-a-corelation-to-suit-my-story (aka Shellenberger's Dictum) would conclude that offshore wind is good for whales /snark 🐳🌍🦑

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Peter Corkeron @petercorkeron.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

So on the one hand, the Trump admin is talking about $50 million for polar bears in Greenland. Greenland only, not Svalbard, Canada, Russia, US. While Repubs want to gut the MMPA that protects polar bears in the US apnews.com/article/seal... US intelligence using conservation as an excuse 🐳🌍🦑

thepeninsulaqatar.com

Trump’s new foreign aid plan eyes $50mn for Greenland’s polar bears, $25mn for Nepal's snow leopards

The Trump administration is considering whether to spend up to $50 million in foreign aid to protect polar bears in Greenland and $25 million for snow...

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