Japanese whaling ship with freshly harpooned minke whale. Southern Oceans. 25 May 2006

Flensing deck on a Japanese whaling ship including carcass of a dead whale and notice for campaign media. Southern Oceans. 25 May 2006

Japanese whaling industry in action. Flensing a freshly harpooned whale on the deck of a factory ship. Southern Oceans. 25 May 2006

Killer whale (Orcinus orca) surfacing near a shoal of herring also being attacked by numerous gulls. Tysfjord, northern Norway 25 May 2006

Killer whale (Orcinus orca) surfacing at speed, with eye visible under white eye patch. Snaefellsness Peninsula, Iceland. 25 May 2006

Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus / catodon) washed up dead with man standing by head for scale. North coast of Iceland. 25 May 2006

Grey whale (Eschrichtius robustus) surfacing to blow near boat. Yellowish barnacles and mottled pigmentation typical of this spe 25 May 2006

Killer whale (Orcinus orca) Spyhopping with snow-capped mountains behind. Mid-winter, Tysfjord, Norway 25 May 2006

Grey whale (Eschrichtius robustus) tail lobbing in breeding lagoons along Baja Peninsula, Mexico 25 May 2006

Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) diving Kaikoura, South Island, New Zealand 25 May 2006

Grey whale (Eschrichtius robustus). Blowhole visible. Baja, California. 25 May 2006

Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) associating with North Sailing whale-watching boat Husavik, close to the arctic circle 25 May 2006

Grey whale (Eschrichtius robustus). Spouting at sunset. San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja, California. 25 May 2006

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching AuAu Channel, Maui, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean, America 25 May 2006

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching AuAu Channel, Maui, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean, America 25 May 2006

Adult Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) cooperative bubble-net feeding for herring Iyoukeen Bay, Chichagof Island, Southe 25 May 2006

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) fluking up to dive, Frederick Sound, southeast Alaska, America 25 May 2006

Curious Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) calf blows bubble trail underwater, AuAu Channel, Maui, Hawaii, America 25 May 2006

Curious Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) calf underwater AuAu Channel, Maui, Hawaii, America 25 May 2006

Curious Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) calf underwater, AuAu Channel, Maui, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean 25 May 2006

Adult California Grey whale (Eschrichtius robustus) underwater detail of eye and barnacles San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California, 25 May 2006

Curious Grey whale (Eschrichtius robustus) mother and calf underwater San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California Sur, Mexico 25 May 2006

Coyote (Canis latrans) feeding on the carcass of a Grey whale (Eschrichtius robustus) calf washed up on Isla Tiburon midriff reg 25 May 2006

Adult Sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) pod logging on the surface Upper Gulf of California, Sea of Cortez, Mexico 25 May 2006

Adult Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) fluking up for terminal dive upper Gulf of California, Sea of Cortez, Mexico 25 May 2006

Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) head-lunging with jaws open, Midriff region of Gulf of California, Sea of Cortez, Mexico 25 May 2006

Sub-adult Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus), spy-hopping with teeth visible, northern Gulf of California, Sea of Cortez, Mexi 25 May 2006

Holding up piece of shed skin from Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus), northern Gulf of California, Sea of Cortez, Mexico 25 May 2006

Close up of Sperm whale calf (Physeter macrocephalus) northern Gulf of California, Sea of Cortez, Mexico 25 May 2006

Aerial view of Beluga whale pod (Delphinapterus leucas). Churchill River near Hudson Bay, Manitoba, Canada 25 May 2006

Killer whale (Orcinus orca) bull just beginning to surface Chatham Strait, Southeast Alaska, America 25 May 2006

Adult Killer whale (Orcinus orca) breaching, San Juan Island, Washington State, America 25 May 2006

Grey whale (Eschrichtius robustus) baleen detail, San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California, Mexico 25 May 2006

Encounter with Grey whale calf (Eschrichtius robustus), San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California, Mexico 25 May 2006

People looking at dead body of Blue whale calf (Balaenoptera musculus), stranded on beach Monterey Bay, California, America 25 May 2006

Blue whale, (Balaenoptera musculus), Biologist holding her hand next to a vertebra for size comparison, Monterey, California, Am 25 May 2006

Humpback whale, (Megaptera novaeangliae), spyhopping, (note barnacles), Monterey Bay, California, America 25 May 2006

Transient Killer whale (Orcinus orca) eating Common murre / guillemot (Uria aalge) Monterey Bay, California, America 25 May 2006

Head on view of dead Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) floating on sea surface, surrounded by scavenging fulmars, Faroes Trou 25 May 2006

Smoked whale meat on sale in fish market, Bergen, Norway 25 May 2006