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Whale and Dolphin Conservation partners with local artist for art auction

PLYMOUTH, MA - Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC) has partnered with local artist Erik Simmons...
dolphin FB Fundraiser

e.l.f. Cosmetics announces new “porpoise-ful” initiative to benefit Whale and Dolphin Conservation

For Immediate Release, March 16, 2023 OAKLAND, CA - On the fins of its first...

Kiska the ‘world’s loneliest whale’ dies at Canadian theme park

Kiska, dubbed the loneliest whale in the world, has died at Marineland, a zoo and...
Grey seal is released from the kennel on the ocean side of Duxbury Beach

Why did the seal cross the road? WDC responds to a grey seal near Gurnet Point in Plymouth, MA

Grey seal is released from the kennel on the ocean side of Duxbury Beach For...

Antarctic marine protection blocked by Russia

Russia representatives have blocked proposals to create the two largest ocean sanctuaries in the world in the Antarctic.  The Russian delegation were taking part in this week’s special Commission for the Conservation on Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) meeting in Germany, which concluded today with no progress on two proposals to designate a 2.3 million square kilometres marine protected area (MPA) in the Ross Sea, and a cluster of seven marine protected areas in East Antarctica, covering about 1.63 million square kilometres.

The Russian delegation, with support from the Ukraine, raised legal issues as to whether CCAMLR has the authority to establish marine protected areas (MPAs). As a result, a decision failed to be reached meaning that an extraordinary opportunity to protect the global marine environment for future generations has been temporarily lost.

“We are hugely disappointed that Russia and other countries have essentially blocked the negotiations. In this way, a great opportunity to act in favor of marine conservation was wasted”, says Fabian Ritter from WDC.

WDC has supported the campaign to establish these protected sea areas, joining more than 1.3 million people around the world who have called for action, and it is hoped that a positive decision can be made at the next meeting in Australia later in the year.