A dead sperm whale (9.5-metre/31-foot) that washed ashore in eastern Indonesia had a large lump of plastic waste in its stomach, including drinking cups and jandals, causing concern among environmentalists and government officials in one of the world's largest plastic polluting countries. Researchers from wildlife conservation group WWF and the Wakatobi National Park conservation academy found about 5.9kgs of plastic waste in the animal's stomach containing 115 plastic cups,

Between 3rd - 5th of October, MMIRCs researcher Alessia Scuderi gave a successful talk on the first Conference of the Young Researchers of the Sea (I Congreso de Jóvenes Investigadores del Mar (http://jisdelmar.uca.es) hosted by University of Cádiz. Our talk was focused mainly on "Integrated Coastal and Ocean Management of Areas hosting Cetaceans: a comparative study between the Strait of Gibraltar and the Salish Sea". The speakers thanked MMIRC as well as to our sister proje