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Oct
“Flying” beaked whales
Sensational video footage Berlin/La Gomera, October 2013. Off the Canary island of La Gomera, video footage was taken for the first time showing a... Continue Reading
15
May
M.E.E.R. Practical Course Springtime 2013 – Impressions
La Gomera in April/May 2013. Two incredibly intense weeks are now behind us already. This year’s MEER practical course was characterized by numerous great sightings... Continue Reading
21
Aug
New Scientific Report Published
Berlin, June 2012 M.E.E.R. has recently published a new scientific report constituting another milestone of the scientific work of our association. The report lays out... Continue Reading
30
Nov
Unresolved skin anomaly in a bottlenose dolphin
As a follow up to a posting to MARMAM on the skin anomaly observed in a bottlenose dolphin off La Gomera (see below) we summarize... Continue Reading
23
Sep
Dolphins & Aquaculture
Canary Islands, Aug/Sept 2011. Fish farming as the main form of aquaculture nowadays is widespread an rapidly increasing world wide. It is praised as a... Continue Reading
23
Jun
MEER e.V. runs own channel on Youtube
Berlin, November 2011. MEER now presents its own channel on Youtube. We want to give you insights into our work and to pay homage to... Continue Reading
30
Mar
New: information on “ship strikes”
A new website (category) is dedicated to the issue of ship strikes. Detailed background information about the issue of “collisions between ships and cetaceans” is... Continue Reading
29
Mar
Radioactivity in the sea
Harmless? Japan’s earthquake disaster shakes us. We are shocked and speechless upon looking at the power of the sea and the suffering of the... Continue Reading
1
Oct
Exceptional spotted dolphin sighting
Mysterious phenomenon La Gomera, October 2009. During the springtime field season we encountered a large number of spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis), a species present year-round... Continue Reading
1
Jun
Sailing vessels – Study by M.E.E.R. e.V. produces worrying results
Berlin, September 2009 The worldwide increasing numbers of vessel-whale collisions are a cause of concern. For a long time it was believed that collisions between... Continue Reading