Program Term Archive
Marine Wildlife
Animal Welfare Institute Funds Innovative Research on Human-Wildlife Conflicts
Press ReleaseDecember 12, 2018Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeToday, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) announced the seven recipients of its Christine Stevens Wildlife Award who are developing innovative, less intrusive wildlife study techniques and more humane methods of...
Scapegoating Sea Lions Won’t Save Salmon
Marine WildlifeThe Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) was passed in 1972. Over the years it was amended, but its fundamentally protective nature has remained unchanged. The statute outlawed the killing of...
Talks Begin on Treaty to Protect High Seas Biodiversity
Marine WildlifeMembers of the United Nations have begun negotiations on the first treaty to manage and protect biodiversity in international waters. These vast areas of open ocean are far from coastlines...
AWI Tip Leads Texas Officials to Illegal Shark Fin Sales
Marine WildlifeThe cruel shark fin trade continues to decimate shark populations worldwide, and demand from the United States contributes to that toll. Although 15 states and territories ban the sale of...
IWC Recap: Efforts to Curtail Whale Conservation Avoided
Marine WildlifeIn September, AWI took part in the 67th meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in Florianópolis, Brazil. The meeting delivered a series of surprises—not least of which was that...
Japan’s Sei Whale Trade Declared Illegal Under CITES
Marine WildlifeIn an unprecedented reprimand, the Standing Committee to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) has determined that Japan’s use of thousands of...
Noninvasive Monitoring of Manatees
Marine WildlifeIn 2010, 280 Florida manatees died during prolonged cold weather due to chronic metabolic stress, known as “cold-stress syndrome.” Since 2012, more than 150 manatees have died in the polluted...
Orca Task Force Ignores Actual Solutions
Marine WildlifeWith a current population of only 74 whales—a 30-year population low—southern resident orcas (a.k.a. killer whales) are in crisis. Their primary prey, Chinook salmon, are endangered, and the whales are...
Russia Resumes Beluga, Orca Captures
Marine WildlifeAfter a two-year break, Russia has once again issued permits to capture free-ranging orcas and belugas in the Sea of Okhotsk for display in entertainment parks. This summer, rather than...
Senate Votes Unanimously to Kill Sea Lions
Press ReleaseDecember 7, 2018Marine WildlifeThe US Senate voted by unanimous consent last night to pass the Endangered Salmon Predation Prevention Act (S. 3119), legislation that amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) in order...