Program Term Archive
Marine Wildlife
Navy Ocean Noise Settlement Signals Safer Haven for Marine Life
Marine WildlifeFor more than a decade, AWI has been working to stop the US Navy from using harmful active sonar in areas where it can negatively impact marine animals. Over the...
Milt Kaufmann
Marine WildlifeColonel Milton M. Kaufmann died on October 29, 2015, aged 97. For the last 40+ years, he had been a dedicated and hard-working volunteer conservationist, locally in his Maryland neighborhood...
CITES Animals Committee Convenes in Israel
Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeOver 200 wildlife experts from around the world met in Tel Aviv in late August/early September at the 28th meeting of the Animals Committee of the Convention on International Trade in...
Federal ORCA Act Introduced
Marine WildlifeOn November 6, 2015, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) announced that he would introduce the Orca Responsibility and Care Advancement (ORCA) Act. With eight original cosponsors, the ORCA Act (HR 4019)...
California Coastal Commission Pours Cold Water on SeaWorld Expansion Plan
Marine WildlifeOn October 8, the California Coastal Commission voted to allow SeaWorld San Diego to build its $100 million expansion of Shamu Stadium, a project known as Blue World, but only...
World Association of Zoos and Aquariums Cuts Ties to Taiji Dolphin Slaughter
Marine WildlifeEach year, from roughly September through April, more than a thousand dolphins are removed from the wild during the unspeakably cruel Taiji, Japan, dolphin drive hunts. Most are herded into...
Court Axes Aquarium’s Beluga Acquisition Effort
Marine WildlifeAfter a long and winding process, a federal court has turned aside Georgia Aquarium’s attempt to import wild beluga whales from Russia. In June 2012, Georgia Aquarium applied for a...
Federal Court Affirms Denial of Russian Beluga Import for Georgia Aquarium
Press ReleaseSeptember 29, 2015Marine WildlifeA federal court today affirmed the National Marine Fisheries Service’s (NMFS) denial of Georgia Aquarium’s application for a permit under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) to import 18 beluga whales from...
Navy Agrees to Limit Underwater Assaults on Whales, Dolphins
Press ReleaseSeptember 14, 2015Marine WildlifeA federal court today entered an order settling two cases challenging the US Navy’s training and testing activities off the coasts of Southern California and Hawai‘i, securing long-sought protections for...
Ad Campaign Urges Protection of Arctic from Commercial Whaling Trade
Press ReleaseAugust 31, 2015Marine WildlifeA coalition of animal welfare and conservation organizations launched a two-week advertising campaign today on Alaska Dispatch News to coincide with the Conference on Global Leadership in the Arctic: Cooperation, Innovation, Engagement and...