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Tourist boats “banned from approaching groups of orcas”

ICNF ban comes in wake of countless incidents involving damage to vessels  Portugal’s institute for the conservation of nature and forests (ICNF) has banned maritime tourist vessels from actively approaching

July 11, 2023by Natasha DonnIn Algarve News, Orcas, Portugal News
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New ‘attack’ by orca leaves French vessel adrift off Culatra island

Yet another ‘interaction’ with a juvenile pod of orca has left a sailing boat adrift off the Portuguese coast. This latest incident – coming as a new acoustic device is

June 26, 2023by Natasha DonnIn Orcas, Portugal News
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Orca attacks on Portuguese coast: acoustic deterrent device being tested

Orcas have been responsible for dozens of attacks to saling boats, including two sinkings A new acoustic device to deter orcas from interacting and endangering recreational sailboats will be tested

June 25, 2023by Natasha DonnIn Orcas, Portugal News
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Iberia’s orca yacht rammings ‘spread north’

Scientists believe killer whale pod identified in North sea “may have been educated down south” The mystery ‘attacks’ by killer whales to sailing boats off Spain and Portugal look like

June 22, 2023by Natasha DonnIn Orcas, Portugal News
Photo by Rita Mexia, a passenger on a boat in the Algarve approached by orcas back in 2021

Orcas’ sailboat ‘atttacks’: Aveiro scientist offers explanation

Traumatic event “may have triggered change in behaviour in one orca” that others are now imitating At least three yachts have sunk since orcas (killer whales) began harassing relatively small

May 23, 2023by Natasha DonnIn Algarve News, Orcas, Portugal News
Yacht towed to safety after new ‘interaction with orcas’

Yacht towed to safety after new ‘interaction with orcas’

Yet another sailing boat has been damaged by an ‘encounter with orcas’ off the Portuguese coast. The latest incident, around seven kms southwest of Cabo Espichel left a French yacht

February 28, 2023by Natasha DonnIn Orcas, Portugal News
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World experts gather in Azores to discuss ‘whale strikes’

Increasing maritime traffic causes significant number of collisions with large whales World experts will be meeting next week in Faial, Azores, to discuss the problem of whale collisions caused by

January 19, 2023by Natasha DonnIn Azores, Orcas, Portugal News
Second sailing boat sinks after ‘interaction with Orcas’

Second sailing boat sinks after ‘interaction with Orcas’

“That’s enough, something needs to be done before lives are lost” Orca-watch sites on social media are buzzing today after yet another ‘interaction’ with a juvenile pod ended with the

November 1, 2022by Natasha DonnIn Orcas, Portugal News
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Orca ‘attacks’ damage further sailing boats off Portuguese coast

At least four sailing boats have suffered damages in the last few days as a result of orca ‘attacks’ that are increasingly becoming a new danger for those who spend

October 10, 2022by Natasha DonnIn Orcas, Portugal News
Two new Orca attacks off Portuguese West coast in 24-hours

Two new Orca attacks off Portuguese West coast in 24-hours

Social media sites buzzing as attacks accelerate The awe-inspiring if not terrifying ‘interactions’ of killer whales with sailing boats continue off Portugal’s west coast, with two having taken place in

August 31, 2022by Natasha DonnIn Orcas, Portugal News
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