whales not seen … says Woodside

Broome Community No Gas Campaign  posted about Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.

Memo to Woodside: Ships killed about 60 whales off the Pilbara last year alone, some of which were your ships. More often calves born near Broome, separated from mothers off the Pilbara coast.

[Aug 8, 2012] A humpback whale calf off Quandong Point north of Broome. Picture … “It’s actually proving Woodside and the State Government’s research wrong.” Mr Costin said he had …

The Global MailThe elephant in the room is actually a whale: Woodside Petroleum claims that the coastal region off James Price Point in WA is not a critical habitat for whales and other marine life. But last week when journalist Mike Seccombe travelled there aboard the Sea Shepherd’s ship, the Steve Irwin, he spotted 110 of the magnificent mammals within 8 hours.http://bit.ly/R3dw1W

Woodside: Whales Do Not Breed In These Waters. Memo To Calving Whales: You Are Not Here.

http://www.theglobalmail.org

Woodside wants to build at James Price Point, and says nearby waters are not whale breeding grounds.

About Tom Harley

Amateur ecologist and horticulturalist and CEO of Kimberley Environmental Horticulture Inc.
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One Response to whales not seen … says Woodside

  1. Kerry Firkin says:

    We are going to win this battle it is so blasted wrong and I hate the way the People of Broome are being treated

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