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Kiwis Against Seabed Mining: we love our black sands. Hashtag #kasm #blacksand
Mar 14 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
Yesterday Dr Leigh Torres gave evidence to the EPA on the blue whales in the South Taranaki Bight and how they might be affected by #seabedmining.
Her testimony was eye-opening.
We absolutely have our own, genetically distinct, population of pygmy blue whales in the bight
A 🧵 Image Her team documented blue whales in the Sth Taranaki Bight in 2014, 16, 17, publishing 10 peer reviewed papers.
They identified individuals, compared them w photos of blue whales in Australia & the Antarctic: no matches.
"The NZ blue whales have not been seen out of NZ waters." Image