Program Term Archive
Marine Wildlife
Seal Sitters Making Sure Pups Have Space
Marine WildlifeSeal Sitters Marine Mammal Stranding Network is a nonprofit group of volunteers in the Pacific Northwest trained by NOAA. During seal pupping season—from mid-June to September—nursing mother-pup pairs, juveniles, and...
Will The US Stand Up To Iceland Over Whales?
Marine WildlifeA powerful US law allows the president to impose trade sanctions on nations whose citizens undermine conservation agreements. The Pelly Amendment of the Fishermen’s Protective Act (22 U.S.C. §1978, as amended)...
Shun Lee West Restaurant Shuns Shark Fin Soup
Press ReleaseApril 27, 2011Marine WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute and Humane Society International applaud Shun Lee West restaurant, of New York City, for removing shark fin soup from its menu. AWI and HSI have, for...
AWI Welcomes Shark Protection Law in Guam
Press ReleaseMarch 10, 2011Marine WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute congratulates Governor Eddie Baza Calvo of Guam for signing Bill 44-31 into law, prohibiting any person from possessing, selling or distributing shark fins in the territory....
Animal Protection Groups Urge Iceland to Stop Eating Whales as ‘Taste of Iceland’ Opens in Washington DC
Press ReleaseFebruary 23, 2011Marine WildlifeAs celebrations begin for "A Taste of Iceland" in the nation’s capital this week, Animal Welfare Institute, Humane Society International and The Humane Society of the United States do not...
President Obama Signs the Shark Conservation Act! AWI Applauds Law to End Shark Finning
Press ReleaseJanuary 4, 2011Marine WildlifeThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is pleased to report that President Barack Obama signed the Shark Conservation Act into law. Both the Senate and the House of Representatives passed the bill in...
Groups Seek US Trade Sanctions against Iceland in Response to Escalating Whaling Activities
Press ReleaseDecember 21, 2010Marine WildlifeNineteen conservation and animal welfare groups, representing tens of millions of US citizens, today called on the Secretaries of Commerce and Interior to impose trade sanctions against Iceland for its...
Solomon Islands Trades Dolphins to Malaysia
Marine WildlifeInternational trade in wild-caught Solomon Islands Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins continues with little sign of ending so long as the demand for dolphinariums persists. In December 2009, the Solomon Islands exported...
Status is Not Enough
Marine WildlifeInfamous for her “take no prisoners” stance on wildlife from wolves to polar bears, whales and more, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin objected in 2008 when the National Oceanic and...
Shark Bill Moves Forward
Marine WildlifeOn November 19, the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation committee passed the Shark Conservation Act of 2009 (S. 850; see AWI Quarterly Summer 2009). It now awaits action by the full Senate....