Marine mammals in UK waters are protected through a series of nature conservation laws, with the main legal protections stemming from the EU Habitats Directive which is implemented in the marine waters of the UK by the…
By the 1880s, Dundee’s maritime industries clearly recognised that hunting ‘Greenland right’ whale was in its final commercial era. Labelling this a period of decline and failure, modern scholars and general narratives…
The song of the humpback whale (Megaptera Novaeangliae) is one of the most varied vocal displays in the animal kingdom; it consists of complex, hierarchical structures and undergoes constant evolutionary change.…
Abstract: The ocean around Antarctica, south of the polar front, has both local importance (as a haven for unique and diverse ecosystems) and global climatic significance (as a region of anthropogenic heat and carbon…
Abstract: Seabird-fisheries conflict has been evident since the 1970s. While there has been much research into the interaction between seabirds and fisheries, it is often difficult to disentangle the true impact of…
