Program Term Archive
Marine Wildlife
Stubborn Whalers Take to Sea Despite Sinking Demand
Marine WildlifeThe start of summer 2024 signaled a fitful continuation of the commercial whaling still conducted by three nations: Iceland, Norway, and Japan. Two years ago, Iceland killed 148 fin whales,...
Richard Ellis
Marine WildlifeRichard Ellis—artist, author, conservationist, and great friend of AWI—died in May at the age of 86. Ellis grew up in Belle Harbor, on the Rockaway Peninsula of Queens, New York,...
CITES Animals Committee Considers Host of Wildlife Trade Issues
Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeAWI joined several hundred delegates representing nearly 80 countries and a similar number of observer organizations in Geneva this July for the 33rd meeting of the Convention on International Trade in...
Advancing Animal Protection in Ocean Policy
Marine WildlifeIn June, AWI staff members attended Capitol Hill Ocean Week (CHOW), hosted by the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation in Washington, DC. CHOW—which brings together scientists, policymakers, scholars, businesses, and conservation...
Lawsuit Seeks to Protect Marine Mammals from Foreign Fishing Gear, Enforce Seafood Import Bans
Press ReleaseAugust 8, 2024Marine WildlifeConservation and animal protection groups sued several federal officials and departments today in the US Court of International Trade over their failure to implement the import provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection...
UNESCO Keeps Mexico Vaquita Habitat on World Heritage ‘In Danger’ List
Press ReleaseJuly 23, 2024Endangered Species, Marine WildlifeThe UNESCO World Heritage Committee renewed its call today for urgent action to protect the critically endangered vaquita porpoise in Mexico. With merely six to eight individuals estimated remaining, the vaquita faces...
USMCA Council to Investigate Mexico’s Failure to Protect the Vaquita
Press ReleaseJune 27, 2024Endangered Species, Marine WildlifeAfter a two-year delay, the Council of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) voted unanimously yesterday to investigate Mexico’s failure to protect the critically endangered vaquita porpoise. Mexico has not enforced its own...
New Survey: No More Than Eight Vaquita Remain
Press ReleaseJune 18, 2024Endangered Species, Marine WildlifeOnly six to eight critically endangered vaquita may remain on the planet, the Mexican government announced last week in reporting the results of a new survey. Compared to the 8...
NOAA Greenlights Gray Whale Hunt for Makah Tribe
Press ReleaseJune 14, 2024Marine WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is disappointed with yesterday’s decision by federal regulators to issue a waiver of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) to the Makah Tribe of Washington state to...
Atlantic Humpback Dolphin Listed as Endangered
Marine WildlifeOn February 20, the National Marine Fisheries Service announced its decision to list the highly imperiled Atlantic humpback dolphin as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). NMFS’s decision came...