Una triste realidad para la vaquita marina

July 21, 2021

Vaquita6_Olson_NOAA_1.jpgLes escribo para compartir mi desacuerdo con una decisión en México que permitirá nuevamente la pesca en el área de hábitat de la vaquita ...

A Sad Reality for the Vaquita

July 21, 2021

Vaquita6_Olson_NOAA_1.jpgI am writing to share my disagreement with a decision in Mexico that will once again allow fishing in the habitat area of vaquita ...

Jean-Michel Cousteau supports the initiative in Kasakhstan to ban keeping dolphins in captivity

September 9, 2020
Screen Shot 2020-09-08 at 10.47.34 AM_0.pngJean-Michel Cousteau supports the initiative in Kasakhstan to ban keeping dolphins in captivity ...

Please Don't Interact with Curious Beluga Whales in the Ocean

August 6, 2020
Beluga_0.jpgJean-Michel Cousteau's Ocean Futures Society and The Whale Sanctuary produced this PSA to help people understand that we need to minimize our contact with these wild belugas to help keep them natural and wild ...

Whale Sanctuary Project selects Port Hilford, Nova Scotia, for North America’s first sanctuary for captive whales

February 25, 2020
Best-Sanctuary-Site-Image-DSC00748-720-px_0_0.jpgThe Whale Sanctuary Project has announced that it will work together with Sherbrooke and the Municipality of the District of St. Mary’s on the Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia to create a seaside sanctuary in Port Hilford for whales being retired from entertainment parks ...

Russian Captive Whales Returned to Their Ocean Homes

February 10, 2020
IMG_5491_2.jpgLast November, the Russian Government completed the return of 10 orcas and 87 belugas back to the ocean after they had been illegally captured off Russia for sale to theme parks in China. It is the largest animal rescue effort ever attemptedd ...

Jean-Michel Cousteau and The Whale Sanctuary Project Team on Returning Whales to Ocean

June 26, 2019
JMC_RussianWhales_0.pngRussia has begun the process of returning the whales that were illegally captured last year back to the area where they were captured. Jean-Michel Cousteau and The Whale Sanctuary Project have the following statement ...

Russia Begins the Process of Returning Captive Whales to the Ocean

June 22, 2019
srednyaya-bay-orca-release-yuri-smityuk-TASS_0.jpgRussia has loaded 8 animals – two orcas and six beluga whales – into trucks with water reservoirs to begin to move them 1,100 miles back to the Shantar Islands in the Sea of Okhotsk....

Jean-Michel Cousteau loves beluga whales!

May 22, 2019
Screen Shot 2019-05-21 at 10.12.14 AM_0.pngBeluga whales are highly intelligent cetaceans that live in cold, northern oceans. They communicate with each other and their mothers pass on information to their children...

Plan to Immediately Release Orcas in Srednyaya Bay Should Not Be Adopted

May 17, 2019
RABIN_09843 GOV JMC ORCAS in P3_2.jpg“It puts the well-being of these orcas at undue risk and compromises their long-term survival,” Cousteau said. “We cannot support or participate in this plan” ...