French Polynesia Announces World’s Largest Marine Protected Area French Polynesia announced the creation of the world’s largest Marine Protected Area (MPA), at the U.N. Ocean Conference in Nice, France in...

CA Orca Project Update Interactions between orca and yachts continued throughout last season (2024). The key differences have been that the interactions started slightly later in 2024, and there was...

Orca: Boat left Rudderless off NW Spanish Coast Source: Faroe de Vigo The first orca/sailboat interaction has been recorded off the northern Spanish coast of Galicia this year, resulting in...

Source: Marine Industry News UK During a year that has seen Orca sink two boats and memberships to Orca Facebook groups rocket past 50,000, the Cruising Association has seen a...

It has been reported that a Danish yacht with four crew members on board, left the fishing port of Peniche (approx. 100km north of Lisbon) on Sunday 5 November at...

Source: Practical Boat Owner The new acoustic deterrent device is to be tested in the waters off Portugal to see if it will deter Orcas from interacting with boats. If...