Program Term Archive
Marine Wildlife
Court of Appeals Upholds US Ban on Mexican Seafood Imports to Save Vaquita
Press ReleaseNovember 28, 2018Marine WildlifeIn a victory for one of Earth’s most endangered marine mammals, a federal court sided with conservationists today and, for the third time, kept in place a four-month-old ban on...
Federal Agency Sued Over SeaWorld Necropsy Reports
Press ReleaseNovember 27, 2018Marine WildlifeToday, PETA, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), the International Marine Mammal Project of Earth Island Institute, Whale and Dolphin Conservation, Cetacean Society International, whale expert Dr. Lori Marino, PETA Foundation...
Governor Inslee’s Task Force Abandons Mandate to Make Bold Recommendations for Orca and Salmon Recovery
Press ReleaseNovember 16, 2018Marine WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute is gravely disappointed that some of the recommendations released today by the Southern Resident Killer Whale Recovery and Task Force fail to take bold action to...
Iceland Shipment to Japan Could Contain Meat from Rare Hybrid Whales
Press ReleaseNovember 15, 2018Marine WildlifeConservation and animal protection organizations are calling on the Japanese government to prove that a shipment of Icelandic whale products that arrived in Ishinomaki, Japan, yesterday does not include illegally...
25 Whale Biologists Urge Russia to Stop Capturing Wild Orcas
Press ReleaseNovember 15, 2018Marine WildlifeThis week, a group of prominent whale and dolphin biologists from across the globe, including Dr. Naomi Rose of the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), sent a letter urging a Russian federal...
Canada Urged to Expand Fisheries Closures to Save North Atlantic Right Whale
Press ReleaseNovember 1, 2018Marine WildlifeWildlife and animal protection groups submitted recommendations today urging Canada’s fishery management agency to continue to expand protections for critically imperiled North Atlantic right whales. Following an unprecedented 12 right whale...
AWI at United Nations Ocean Noise Meeting
Marine WildlifeAWI’s Susan Millward participated in the 19th meeting of the UN Open-Ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea, held in June in New York, where...
AWI Report on Small Cetacean Slaughter Worldwide
Marine WildlifeAWI has joined forces with ProWildlife (based in Germany) and Whale and Dolphin Conservation on Small Cetaceans, Big Problems, a report that documents hunts of small cetaceans throughout the world. About...
Icelandic Whalers Kill Rare Hybrid Whale
Marine WildlifeIn July, observers perched on top of the hillside overlooking Iceland’s Hvalur fin whaling station noticed that the large whale being dragged up the slipway looked different. The whale was...
IWC67: Key Decisions, Fractious Discussions Forecast for Florianopolis
Marine WildlifeThe agenda for the 67th meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC67), in Florianopolis, Brazil, in early September, will provide unprecedented opportunities for high-stakes drama and high-level dealmaking. Japan’s recent conduct,...