Story | 24 Apr, 2007
WGWAP Task Force Considers Impact of 4-D Seismic Surveys on Western Gray Whales
At its second meeting in St-Petersburg, Russia (15 - 18 April 2007) the Western Gray Whale Advisory Panel was provided with an overview of Sakhalin Energy’s preliminary plans for carrying out a 4D seismic survey in the vicinity of the Molikpaq platform during the summer of 2008.
Story | 11 Mar, 2007
SEIC (Sakhalin Energy Investment Company) provides informal briefing to WGWAP Members
On 5-6 February 2007, four members of the Panel (Reeves, Tsidulko, Vedenev and Yablokov) met for two days in Vladivostok (Russia) with staff and scientific team members from SEIC.
Press release | 31 Jan, 2007
Carcass of critically endangered whale found in fishing gear off Japan’s coast
A critically endangered Western Pacific Gray Whale (Western Gray Whale) has recently died off the Pacific coast of Japan after becoming trapped in fishing gear.
Story | 19 Nov, 2006
New Western Gray Whale Advisory Panel agrees on way forward
Solutions to issues surrounding oil and gas development in the summer feeding habitat of the critically endangered western gray whale population began to emerge at the first meeting of the Western Gray Whale Advisory Panel, convened by the World Conservation Union (IUCN) recently.
Story | 01 Oct, 2006
New scientific panel to keep the finger on the pulse of the endangered Western Gray Whale
The World Conservation Union (IUCN) convenes a new independent scientific advisory panel to monitor the impact of the Sakhalin II offshore oil and gas development on critically endangered Western Gray Whale population
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