Program Term Archive
Marine Wildlife
Marine Stewardship Council Delays Rolling Out Sustainable Fishery Standard
Press ReleaseFebruary 9, 2024Marine WildlifeMake Stewardship Count, a coalition of more than 90 global marine conservation organizations, experts and academics, is incredibly disappointed by a recent decision by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) to...
SWIMS Act Reintroduced to Phase Out Public Display of Captive Whales
Press ReleaseJanuary 30, 2024Marine WildlifeBill would prohibit breeding, wild capture, import, and export of four whale species The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) applauds US Reps. Adam Schiff (D-CA), Jared Huffman (D-CA) and Suzan DelBene...
Beastly
Animals in Laboratories, Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeKeggie Carew’s background is not in science (her career started in contemporary art), and it shows. Her book, Beastly: The 40,000-Year Story of Animals and Us, is not the first book...
Study Highlights Lack of Protections for Farmed Fish
Farmed Animals, Marine WildlifeA recent study published in Cambridge University’s Animal Welfarejournal (Mood et al., 2023) estimates the number of farmed fishes slaughtered for food in global aquaculture from 1990 to 2019. The study...
Death Precludes Deliverance for Orca Tokitae
Marine WildlifeFor 53 years, the captive orca Tokitae (a.k.a. Toki, Lolita, and Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut) lived in a tiny tank at Miami Seaquarium. She was a Southern Resident orca, a Pacific Northwest population...
NMFS Nixes Quick Steps to Protect Rice’s Whales
Marine WildlifeThe Rice’s whale was initially listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act in 2019 as a subspecies—the Gulf of Mexico Bryde’s whale—but was reclassified as a unique species in...
Orcas Ramming Rudders: It May Just Be Play
Marine WildlifeA critically endangered population of orcas, numbering only 40 individuals, inhabits the outer coastal waters of the Iberian Peninsula. Since spring 2020, these whales have been dramatically interacting with boats—mostly...
Pet Trade Empties Reefs of Banggai Cardinalfish
Companion Animals, Marine WildlifeThe global trade in ornamental fish is a multibillion-dollar business involving the annual global export of around 2 billion fish from 2,500 freshwater and marine species. Many are captured from...
Whaling Season Ends with a Little Less Blood in the Water
Marine WildlifeThe 2023 commercial whaling seasons ended with over 800 whales killed, yet fewer than anticipated. Norwegian whalers killed 507 minke whales, falling short of the 1,000 quota. In a shrinking...
Dr. Michael Tillman
Marine WildlifeDr. Michael Tillman, a long-time advocate for whales and conservation, died in July at the age of 80. Dr. Tillman was born in Seattle, but his roots extended northward: Through...