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Erich Hoyt

  • Writer and Author; Research Fellow, Whale and Dolphin Conservation, Freelance
England
As seen in: BBC, Scribd, Wiley Online Library, Cambridge University Press & Assessment, Frontiers, Whale & Dolphin, Dorset Magazine
Covers:  ocean: whales & dolphins, marine protected areas, deep sea species & ecosystems; global conservation policy
whale researcher, writer, speaker, conservationist, lover of the blue ocean and her mysteries

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Erich Hoyt’s Biography

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Erich Hoyt is the author of 25 books including Creatures of the Deep; Orca: The Whale Called Killer; Encyclopedia of Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises; The Earth Dwellers; Insect Lives; Marine Protected Areas for Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises; Extinction A-Z. He has written for National Geographic, the Sunday Times, the Guardian, BBC Wildlife, Defenders, Hakai and many other newspapers and magazines in the US, Canada and the UK. His books have been translated into 15 languages.

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Erich Hoyt’s Journalist Portfolio

Whales Through a New Lens | Hakai Magazine

Whales Through a New Lens | Hakai Magazine

Hunkered down on the torn leather back seat of a beat-up, borrowed Chrysler New Yorker, I read the conference…

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Healing the wounds of marine mammals by protecting their habitat

Healing the wounds of marine mammals by protecting their habitat

The conservation effectiveness of the tool of Important Marine Mammal Areas, or IMMAs, is strictly dependent …

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The Cultural Lives of Whales and Dolphins

The Cultural Lives of Whales and Dolphins

In the early 1980s, Hal Whitehead and other budding whale biologists set their sails across the Indian Ocean …

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Saving the seas for marine mammals

Saving the seas for marine mammals

As the world marks the first UN Oceans Day, marine scientist Erich Hoyt says too little of the oceans has bee…

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Perspective | Important Marine Mammal Areas come of age: Identified

Perspective | Important Marine Mammal Areas come of age: Identified

For the past four years, a core group of the IUCN Marine Mammal Protected Areas Task Force has dedicated its …

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Auto machine learning tools to distinguish between two killer whale ecotypes

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By Mohamed Ismail, Ivan D. Fedutin, Erich Hoyt, Baelt Kerteminde Denmark
| Wiley Online Library Verified
The killer whale, despite being considered a single species, exhibits various ecotypes (genetically and ecologically distinct populations), that focus on a specific type of prey (Ford et al., 1998, 2000; Pitman et al., 2011; Pitman & Ensor, 2003; Saulitis et al., 2000). In the northwestern Pacific, killer whales comprise two ecotypes: residents or R-type (fish-eaters) and transients, also called Bigg's killer whales, or T-type (mammal-eaters) (Filatova et al., 2018, 2019; Ismail et al., 2023).
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Important Marine Mammal Areas celebrated—yet some are now in danger | Oryx | Cambridge Core

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By Erich Hoyt, Gill Braulik, Caterina Lanfredi, Gianna Minton
| Cambridge University Press & Assessment
2023 marked the 10-year anniversary of the IUCN Marine Mammal Protected Areas Task Force. In 2013, the Task Force began to develop a conservation tool—Important Marine Mammal Areas (IMMAs)—that marine spatial planners, protected area practitioners, governments, industry stakeholders and scientists could use to protect whales, dolphins and other marine mammals and their habitats.
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Beaked whales have culture, too

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By Erich Hoyt
| Whale & Dolphin Verified
Over the past decade, the world of whale and dolphin culture has been a hot topic for scientists. They’ve been exploring how these magnificent beings share unique behaviours with one another. While the spotlight has often shone on well-known species like humpbacks and orcas, we’re now uncovering, that a lesser-known group, the beaked whales, have unique cultures, too.
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Have you ever used a typewriter?

My first 100 articles & 4 books were written on manual, followed by IBM Selectric, typewriters. It made my fingers strong for playing piano.

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Raoul Duke (aka Hunter S. Thompson)

What does it mean to be a journalist?

Be curious, ask difficult questions, dig deep, write well, fear nothing.