SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea announced a new plan on Tuesday to protect finless porpoises reportedly dying off the southwestern coast. The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries will begin looking into the habitats of finless porpoises in the southern region of the west coast and the coastline along South Gyeongsang Province to collect [...]
CHANGWON, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Measures are being called for as a growing number of finless porpoises, an endangered species also known as ‘smiling dolphins’, are being found dead. Last Friday, a dead porpoise was found on the coast of Yeosu, South Jeolla Province, only a day after another one was found dead near [...]
SACHEON, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Passengers on a new cable car’s trial run at the southern tip of Korea found themselves twice lucky as they were treated to a rare sighting of an endangered porpoise species native to regional waters. The sighting occurred at Sacheon, a coastal city in South Gyeongsang Province. What made [...]
BUSAN, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – A finless porpoise rescued from Geoje Island waters last month has been safely released back to the ocean. The porpoise was accidentally caught in the fishing net of a local vessel on December 27, giving it multiple scars. Luckily, the captain of the ship reported the incident to officials [...]
ULSAN, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean waters have become dangerous habitat for finless porpoises, sometimes referred to in Korea as “smiling whales” for their grinning faces. According to the Ulsan Coast Guard, a total of 9,710 whales died in the five-year period from 2011 to 2015 from either illegal poaching or unintended catch in [...]