Subject: MarmamNews for April 1998 (fwd)

Mike Williamson (pita@www1.wheelock.edu)
Tue, 5 May 1998 15:16:45 -0400 (EDT) 

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Date: Mon,  4 May 98 14:06:00 GMT 
From: r.mallon1@genie.geis.com
To: marmam@uvvm.uvic.ca, pita@sun.simmons.edu
Subject: MarmamNews for April 1998

The following articles were uploaded to MarmamNews in April 1998
MarmamNews can be found at

http://members.aol.com/marmamnews

04/01/1998
   Whale beaching sparks study
   Japan planning new commercial whaling operations, Director says
   Monitoring Freed Whale Proves Tough
   Seals dying from mystery disease in New Jersey
   J.J. The Gray Whale Heads North; Hubbs-Sea World
   Baby gray whale moving north

04/02/1998
   Released Whale Sheds Transmitters

04/03/1998
   Rescued Whale Loses Transmitters
   Transmitters lost from released whale

04/06/1998
   Sea World protesters arrested
   QLD: Labor lashes Bay Whale Watch Program
   WTO rules against U.S. on sea turtle protection law
   Sub-Antartctic Elephant Seals dive longest and deepest
   NMFS: aboriginal subsistence whaling quotas

04/07/1998
   Environment-Trade wins over turtle protection
   Text of Letter from Senators to Newfoundland ...

04/08/1998
   WWF says Japanese killed 440 more minke whales
   Anti-Whaling groups join Government Forum

04/10/1998
   Fish, marine life affected by El Nino

04/11/1998
   Ice threatens seal-hunt fleet

04/13/1998
   City assembly in Okinawa calls for dugong research
   Beijing Marine Aquarium to Be Completed This Year
   Large Whale Found Dead on Somalia's Merca Beach

04/14/1998
   Video cameras to be used to help save sea lions
   Japan, three other nations to set-up whale committee
   Better stewardship urged for humpback whales
   4 countries to set up whale management committee

04/15/1998
   Ship paints may lead to sea otter deaths
   Environmental groups challenge U.S. on sea lions
   Canada said breaking pledges on seal killing-UK TV

04/16/1998
   Video of Canada Seal Hunt Released
   Video claims Canada seal hunt practices illegal
   Dead Whale May Be El Nino Victim
   Environment: Chefs no longer hooked on swordfish

04/17/1998
   Marine biotoxins suspected for sea lion mass deaths
   China fishermen battling ``red tide'' invasion
 Alaska SeaLife Center Grand Opening Set for May 2, 1998
   Whales stall proposed Mexico salt mine

04/18/1998
   Dugong numbers falling

04/19/1998
   Pingers' could prove saviour for porpoises
   Why these waters teem with life - Update

04/20/1998
   NASA: Manatees to be released into Banana River

04/21/1998
   Govt announces Great Australian Bight Marine Park
   Net 'Pingers' to get porpoises off the hook
   Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority: Report ...

04/22/1998
   EIA Urges UK for Action to Protect Whales

04/23/1998
   Clinton Moves To Protect Whales
   Twelve U.S. marine parks get attention
   Clinton to propose protections for right whales
   Clinton seeks protection for whales
   Statement by the President

04/24/1998
   No sign of J.J. the baby whale

04/25/1998
   Whale slaughter returning to U.S. on October 1, 1998

04/27/1998
   Canada natives prepare controversial whale hunt

04/28/1998
   Clinton OKs protection for right whales

04/29/1998FEATURE-War-ravaged Angola looks for missing wildlife

04/30/1998
   160,000-plus sign Anti-Whaling Petition