Posts Tagged ‘mmpa’
Legislation to kill sea lions signed into law
December 19, 2018: Legislation to allow nearly 1,000 sea lions per year to be killed in the Columbia River between Oregon and Washington has now been signed in to law. Following passage by the Senate earlier this month, the Endangered Salmon Predation Prevention Act (S.3119) was accepted and passed in the House of Representatives despite…
Read MoreSenate Passes Bill to Indiscriminately Kill Sea Lions in Pacific Northwest
Sad news to share this week – you may have seen our action alert last week asking you to speak up for sea lions and the landmark law that protects them, the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). Just a few short hours after we asked for your help, the Senate voted to pass the “Endangered…
Read MoreU.S. Defense Bill weakens protections for whales
24 July 2018, Plymouth, MA: The FY2019 National Defense Authorization Act conference report was released by Congress yesterday, and it’s not great news for whales. The report includes a rider that weakens provisions in the US Marine Mammal Protection Act, but not to the extent the original rider had proposed. This NDAA will extend the…
Read MoreFrom Cape Cod to Capitol Hill
To be fair, though, I’m not technically a marine biologist. Marine biology is a huge field and includes people working on all kinds of critters in the marine environment – from tiny zooplankton to the big whales. I’m a “marine mammal conservation biologist” – not quite as catchy, but a lot more specific. I work…
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