WDCS Awarded Grant To Proteect Dolphins In The Florida Keys WDCS, in partnership with NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS), and the Florida-based Dolphin Ecology Project (DEP), has been awarded a grant to further dolphin conservation and protection in the Florida Keys..

Whale and Vessel Strikes With the incidence of whale strikes by vessels increasing rapidly, WDCS takes a look at understanding the issues involved. WDCS provides training and awareness programs for boaters; supports sustainable, well-managed whale watching; and is working for speed limits for vessels.

WDCS and the SPAW Protocol WDCS is becoming increasingly active within the SPAW Protocol, one of a series of agreements under the Cartagena Convention which brings together the countries of the Wider Caribbean Region (WCR) in a concerted effort to address the protection of the marine environments and the species within the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico.

Sue Rocca spent some time photographing and studying the humpback whales in the turks and Caicos Islands. Her Blog contains some interesting reading and great pictures.

WDCS is proud to have been adopted as a partner to the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) Partner.
Improving protection for migratory species Representatives from more than 90 countries came together in Nairobi, Kenya, for the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) conference in November 2005. At this important meeting, WDCS became a partner organisation to CMS representing an historical step for both organisations in their work to protect whales, dolphins and porpoises - wanderers of the seas. A positive partnership for conservation. For more information see: www.wdcs.org/wildoceans Picture 1 Picture 2 Picture 3