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the conduit to scientists and specialists that empowers people to protect whales, dolphins and porpoises, their cultures and their homes.
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| episode 22: 2007 November 23 |
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E22: Studying living whales in the Southern Ocean
 This week whales-online brings you an interview with Dr Simon Jarman, a Research Scientist with the Australian Antarctic Division, part of the Australian Department of Environment and Water Resources.
Australia invests heavily in whale conservation research in the Southern Ocean through their Centre for Applied Marine Mammal Science, otherwise known as ACAMMS, and Australia’s policy against commercial whaling is well known internationally.
So, with the departure of the Japanese whaling fleet for the southern ocean - an annual trip of the Japanese Scientific Whaling programme to hunt around 1000 minke, fin and now also humpback whales, we thought a more positive look on an alternate way might be some salve. Simon’s interview reveals that there is indeed another way. Good science can be done without killing whales.
Episode tags - Simon Jarman, AAD, Australian Antarctic Division, southern ocean, whaling, whale, dolphin, porpoise, wildlife, protection
Photo credit: Courtesy Australian Antarctic Division © Commonwealth of Australia 2006 |
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| Presenter: Margi Prideaux |
| Posted: 2007 November 23 |
| Duration: 14:40 |
| File size: 5.2Mg |
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