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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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