For Oil Or Whales

Independent Online Edition > Business News: "Shell is facing a mounting international backlash against its 11bn Pound plans to exploit the vast energy reserves off the coast of this former top secret Soviet military base north of Japan. It has already been forced to re-route oil pipelines that threatened to disrupt the breeding grounds of the critically endangered western grey whale, and has suspended other works."

With oil prices being so high I thought this would be an interesting post to that effect. Shell is under a lot of pressure to keep its operations from disturbing the endangered whales in the pacific (around Japan).

There's a delicate balance that must be maintained between human needs and the need to preserve the earth and species on this planet... and apparently shell is stuck somewhere in the middle of this.

Hopefully they clean it up soon...

Gary

Get Down With The Dolphins

Delivering Hawaii: Three Places to Interact with Dolphins in Hawaii: "Visitors to Hawaii frequently see dolphins from shore or on a whale-watching cruise or fishing boat. Visitors sometimes happen to be in the water snorkeling or kayaking when a pod of dolphins swims by. Some visitors even seek out dolphins, either by frequenting areas where dolphins live and play, like Kealakekua Bay on the Big Island, or by taking a boat tour that frequents areas where dolphins live and play."

If you're gonna be in Hawaii and wanna see some dolphins, or even hang out with them - even check them out up close this is a good article posted on a blog...

You can also use this The Guide to Whale Watching to find out ways you can see the endangered whale species and you can also use the same techniques and a lot of the information to see dolphins.

Check out the guide:
The Guide to Whale Watching www.theguidetowhalewatching.com

Gary

Hide-N-Seek With The Whales

Newsday.com: March of the Migration: Follow Wildlife As It Travels:

"Along the New Jersey coast in Cape May this summer, the whales are in hiding. One marine tour company has not spotted a humpback in weeks. They are redirecting passengers' attention to the dolphins.

Each winter, whale watchers on the Pacific Coast have the opposite problem: They can't avoid getting jostled by the mammoth creatures, which outnumber the boats in Mexico's San Ignacio Lagoon during the Pacific gray whale's annual migration. And forget about staying dry-- as blowhole spray drenches passengers like a garden hose."

Because of the reduced number of whales around today, and many other factors; it is getting even harder to find the whales.

It's almost like a game of hide and seek with the whales in many regions, such as the eastern seaboard of the United States as this article points out - but that isn't the only place!

If you really want to increase your chances of seeing the whales you want and not waste your time or your money you have to get this guide:' The Guide to Whale Watching. It shows you how you can drastically increase your chances of seeing the whales you want and how you can have the best and most memorable whale watching trip.

Check out:
The Guide to Whale Watching
www.theguidetowhalewatching.com

Gary