Program Term Archive
Marine Wildlife
Poll Reveals Americans Oppose Keeping Orcas in Captivity for Public Display
Press ReleaseJuly 16, 2012Marine WildlifeThe Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society, together with The Humane Society of the United States and the Animal Welfare Institute, released the first-ever nationwide opinion poll gauging attitudes about keeping...
International Whaling Commission Rejects Commercial Whaling Bid by Greenland
Press ReleaseJuly 5, 2012Marine WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS) report that the International Whaling Commission (IWC) has firmly rejected a proposal by Greenland that would have put...
International Whaling Commission Approves Kill of 24 Humpback Whales Despite Controversy
Press ReleaseJuly 4, 2012Marine WildlifeAfter hours of rancorous debate, the International Whaling Commission accepted a proposal from the Caribbean nation of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) to kill four humpback whales a year...
US Wastes Taxpayer Dollars in Pursuit of Useless Whaling Quota
Press ReleaseJuly 3, 2012Marine WildlifeThe International Whaling Commission (IWC) has unfortunately approved a request by the United States for an aboriginal subsistence whaling (ASW) quota for the Makah Tribe of Northwest Washington State. Pursuit...
Alberta Nora “Binki” Thompson, Defender of Whales
Marine WildlifeThere she was, in her 70s and arthritic, in the remote Baja, Mexico desert, camping out in the wilderness. It was by sheer willpower that Mrs. Thompson got into the...
Closing a Loophole by Mandating Escape Hatch for Turtles
Marine WildlifeThe National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is proposing to end an exemption that has allowed some shrimp boats to avoid the use of...
Judge Smacks Down SeaWorld While Survey Says Keep Orcas Wild
Marine WildlifeSeaWorld was dealt a blow in late May when Judge Ken S. Welsch of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission upheld an OSHA ruling that stemmed from the death...
Rio+20 Nets Little for Ocean Protection
Marine Wildlife“Concerning oceans, there is reason to suggest that the outcomes could be characterized as Rio+20 minus 40.” That was the assessment of National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Sylvia Earle as she reported...
Amazon Axes Whale Sales
Marine WildlifeOnline retailer Amazon.com removed whale meat products from its Japanese website in February after a single day of public protests and a stern rebuke from the US Commissioner to the International...
AWI Attends Beantown Seafood Show
Marine WildlifeAWI’s Mariko Terasaki and Kate O’Connell took part in the Boston Seafood Show, March 11 through 13. The show was attended by more than 900 seafood supply companies from more...