Program Term Archive
Marine Wildlife
GE Fish to Hit Market
Farmed Animals, Marine WildlifeThe Food and Drug Administration recently cleared the way for genetically engineered (GE) salmon to come to market in the United States. Dubbed “AquaAdvantage” and engineered by Massachusetts-based AquaBounty Technologies,...
Grim Toll for West Coast Gray Whales
Marine WildlifeAs of mid-May, according to the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, 48 gray whales had been found dead along the coasts of California, Oregon, Washington, and Alaska. Scientists who examined carcasses...
HB Grandi Sheds Whaling Stigma at Seafood Expo
Marine WildlifeEach year, AWI and allies attend the Seafood Expo Global—the world’s largest seafood trade exposition—in Brussels. Companies from nearly 90 countries are represented, including many with ties to shark finning,...
Seeking Release for Jailed Whales
Marine WildlifeAWI has been following the situation involving dozens of wild belugas and orcas captured in the Sea of Okhotsk last summer and held ever since in the so-called “whale jail”...
US Government Set to Approve Gray Whale Hunt
Marine WildlifeIn 1999, the Makah Tribe of northwest Washington killed a gray whale, the first killed by the tribe since the late 1920s. The kill was made after the US government...
Jo Toole
Marine WildlifeAWI and the entire conservation community were heartbroken to learn of the loss of our dear friend and colleague, Joanna Toole, a victim of the Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed...
CITES Meeting Postponed
Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeIt was our intent in this issue of the Quarterly to provide a summary of outcomes from the 18th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in...
Bills to Protect Marine Species Advance in Senate
Marine WildlifeTo protect some of the world’s most endangered marine species, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation unanimously approved two bills: the Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act (S 877)...
House Committee Follows Correct Course on Right Whales
Marine WildlifeThe National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Take Reduction Teams—composed of industry leaders, scientists, nongovernmental organizations, and state and federal officials—advise NMFS on reducing harm to marine mammals from fishing gear....
Sharkwater: Extinction
Marine WildlifeHumans kill an estimated 100 million sharks every year. Sharkwater: Extinction—the second shark documentary directed and written by the late Rob Stewart—seeks to expose practices that contribute to the cruel and...