Program Term Archive
Marine Wildlife
Gray Whale Unusual Mortality Event Declared Over
Marine WildlifeIn March, the National Marine Fisheries Service publicly announced that the unusual mortality event (UME) it declared in 2019 involving eastern North Pacific gray whales is over. In consultation with...
Miami-Dade County Says So Long to Squalid Seaquarium
Marine WildlifeMiami Seaquarium has been operating on Virginia Key in Miami-Dade County, Florida, since 1955. In March, the Miami-Dade authorities announced they would be terminating the lease agreement with the Seaquarium...
Seeking Justice for Marine Mammals Harmed in Foreign Fisheries
Marine WildlifeThe United States imports approximately 70 to 85 percent of the seafood Americans consume—more than 6.1 billion pounds each year, nearly half of which is wild-caught. These finfish and shellfish...
Workshop Addresses Iberian Orca Interactions with Boats
Marine WildlifeSince 2020, a critically endangered population of orcas living in the waters of the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal) has been interacting with vessels, primarily sailboats, ramming and damaging the...
US Spending Package Delivers Wins for Animals
Farmed Animals, Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeNarrowly averting a government shutdown, Congress adopted a $460 billion spending package in March that included multiple wins for animals. Among them: prohibiting the US Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services...
In the Name of Sharks
Marine WildlifeDr. François Sarano’s In the Name of Sharks uses powerful language, suspense, and tension to evoke a visceral response from readers and deepen their empathy for sharks. The author laments the media’s...
Secrets of the Octopus
Marine WildlifeOlder than the dinosaurs, so incredibly alien, and masters of disguise, octopuses take center stage in National Geographic’s docuseries Secrets of the Octopus. Produced by award-winning filmmaker James Cameron and narrated...
New Analysis: Troubling Levels of Forever Chemicals Found in Norwegian Whale Meat
Press ReleaseJune 13, 2024Marine WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and other animal protection and conservation organizations are calling on the Norwegian government to expand testing of all whale meat sold for human consumption and...
Japan and Iceland Approve Fin Whale Hunts, Despite Record Low Demand for Whale Meat
Press ReleaseJune 11, 2024Marine WildlifeToday, Japan and Iceland decided to allow each country’s last remaining whale companies to hunt fin whales, the second largest animal on the planet. Adopting the recommendations of a pro-whaling...
Bycatch Standards Bypass Foreign Fisheries
Marine WildlifeAround the globe each year, more than 650,000 marine mammals are killed or seriously injured as bycatch—entangled or hooked in fishing gear meant for other species. Since 1972, the Marine...