Program Term Archive
Marine Wildlife
USMCA Commission: Mexico Must Respond on Vaquita Enforcement Failures
Press ReleaseSeptember 9, 2021Marine WildlifeMexico must respond to allegations that the government failed to enforce protections for the critically endangered vaquita porpoise, according to a decision by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation, an environmental review body...
Petition Seeks US Protections for Atlantic Humpback Dolphin
Press ReleaseSeptember 8, 2021Marine WildlifeToday, the Animal Welfare Institute and other conservation groups petitioned the National Marine Fisheries Service to list the Atlantic humpback dolphin under the US Endangered Species Act (ESA). Atlantic humpback dolphin populations...
USMCA Commission Urged to Investigate Mexico’s Failure to Protect Vaquita Porpoise
Press ReleaseAugust 11, 2021Marine WildlifeConservation groups petitioned the Commission on Environmental Cooperation (CEC) today to investigate Mexico’s failure to enforce its fishing and trade laws. Mexico’s enforcement failures violate the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) and if...
Mexico Drastically Eases Enforcement in Vaquita “Zero Tolerance” Area
Press ReleaseJuly 16, 2021Marine WildlifeMexico announced this week that it will ease fishing enforcement in the vaquita’s core Upper Gulf of California habitat at a time when only 10 of these tiny porpoises remain on Earth....
IWC Report Emphasizes Enormous Value of Living Whales to Ocean Ecosystems
Press ReleaseJuly 6, 2021Marine WildlifeThe International Whaling Commission (IWC) was founded to regulate whaling. Today, it increasingly focuses on the value of live whales for planetary health. A new workshop report confirms the great ecological value...
AWI Provides Support for Israel Tar Cleanup
Marine WildlifeIn February, in what is being described as one of the worst ecological disasters in Israel’s history, a massive oil spill in the Mediterranean Sea caused hundreds of tons of...
Dubious Ocean Noise Study Seeks to Corral Wild Whales
Marine WildlifeAWI has been collaborating with Norway’s largest animal welfare group, NOAH, and Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC) to oppose a dangerous experiment on wild minke whales that was to begin...
Ship Strike Fells Mother and Calf Fin Whales
Marine WildlifeIn May, two dead fin whales, believed to be a mother and calf, were discovered after they dislodged from the hull of a Royal Australian Navy vessel. The destroyer, HMAS Sydney,...
“Virtual” Standstill at Caribbean Conservation Meeting
Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeIn March and April, AWI marine animal program director Susan Millward and consultant Courtney Vail participated in the ninth meeting of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee to the United...
Ringing Up No Sale on Shark Fins
Marine WildlifeThe Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act (HR 2811), a bill that would prohibit the sale of shark fins, was reintroduced in the House of Representatives this past Earth Day with...