The Marine Mammal Center is the largest marine mammal hospital in the world, and has been conducting research on marine mammals since 1975.
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"Vaquitas will be located using boats, and, at the request of the Mexican government, will receive help from US Navy Marine Mammal Program," according to the National Marine Mammal Foundation.
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This is the fourth year in a row the Marine Mammal Center has responded to a staggeringly high number of marine mammal strandings, with 750 rescues in 2016 so far.
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The species are protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
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The manatee remains protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
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Dolphins are protected by the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972.
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The manatee also remains protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
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It would be the first such effort for a marine mammal.
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His conviction forbids him from purchasing marine mammal products for a decade.
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"It's hard," Cara Field with the Marine Mammal Center told CBS News.
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This is where the Marine Mammal Center and Shedd Aquarium step in.
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Marine mammal conservationists said indigenous whaling was mired in commercial whaling politics.
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ACAW, has been the CEO of The Marine Mammal Center since 2008.
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He is a volunteer at the South Carolina Marine Mammal Stranding Network.
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At the time, the Marine Mammal Protection Act allowed for no lethal removal.
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"[W]ait, aren't you The Marine Mammal Center?" he said, according to Simeone.
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Only about 30 vaquitas remain, making it the world's most rare marine mammal.
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Zoos, circuses and marine mammal parks are regulated under the Animal Welfare Act.
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Maybe the next rescue at Pacific Marine Mammal Center can be named Hopper?
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Supporters of the aquarium lamented the loss of marine mammal research opportunity Friday.
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Harming or injuring marine mammals is forbidden under the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
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To report a dead, injured, or stranded marine mammal, call 1-866-767-6114.
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A necropsy will be performed on the whale Tuesday, the Marine Mammal Center said.
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This time, it's an appetite for marine mammal flesh that may threaten the condor.
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Russia isn't the only nation that utilizes a "marine mammal" program in its navy.
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In a statement, the Marine Mammal Center also blamed overfishing for reducing prey availability.
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What to do if you see what appears to be a stranded marine mammal:
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Her rescuers at the Pacific Marine Mammal Center in Laguna Beach named her Mandalorian.
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They can dive deeper and hold their breath longer than any other marine mammal.
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The director of a marine mammal care center confirmed a bullet had damaged its lungs.
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They have been in a partnership with the International Bird Rescue and Marine Mammal Center.
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The vaquita, only discovered in the late 1950s, is the smallest marine mammal on Earth.
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The giant marine mammal was found dead at Bradenton's South Florida Museum early on Sunday.
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Scientists said the marine mammal was likely male and recently birthed, but died shortly thereafter.
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Mexico three weeks ago unveiled a plan with DiCaprio to protect the diminutive marine mammal.
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The Marine Mammal Center said the whale was reported Tuesday and a necropsy was planned.
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The law has also fostered some of the best marine mammal science in the world.
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DO NOT EVER IT. I would NEVER harm a Marine Mammal and I NEVER have.
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They're the only marine mammal that uses stone tools and rocks to break open shells.
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"The Marine Mammal Center is proud to play an important role in recovery efforts as a first responder for live strandings of sick, injured or orphaned sea otters along California's Central Coast," says Dr. Shawn Johnson, Director of Veterinary Science at the Marine Mammal Center.
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"Marine mammal species perceive these SURTASS/LFA sounds as a threat and react accordingly," says Jasny.
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The species would remain protected under both the Endangered Species Act and Marine Mammal Protection Act.
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The rate is "cause for serious concern," said Dr. Padraig Duignan of the Marine Mammal Center.
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A Senate Commerce subcommittee holds a hearing on ways to enhance the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
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October 24, 2017 An international effort is under way to aid a critically endangered marine mammal.
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The group that did so was the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Marine Mammal Investigations.
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There's a guy in Marin who will teach me how to swim like a marine mammal.
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And it undermines the Marine Mammal Protection Act by opening a loophole on polar bear hunting.
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But even when the federal agency consulted with leading marine mammal experts, their opinion was disregarded, according to Michael Jasny, the director of the Marine Mammal Protection Project at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), one of the organizations that brought the case against the NMFS.
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The Endangered Species Act and Marine Mammal Protection Act require the U.S. government to conserve endangered species.
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"Little C" is currently thriving, and the Marine Mammal Center hopes it will make a full recovery.
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The National Marine Mammal Foundation will continue to monitor the whales to ensure they remain at sea.
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Harassing, harming, killing or feeding wild dolphins is prohibited under the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 28503.
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Currently, teams of advocates including marine mammal specialists, veterinarians, engineers, and conservationists are striving to find solutions.
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The marine mammal monitoring program, funded by the US Navy, first spotted the animal in August 2017.
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Unique sentries from the Navy's Marine Mammal Program also help guard the base near Washington's Puget Sound.
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The exponential growth is largely due to the passage of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 220.
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This emblem also appears in a scroll of whales that depict 14 varieties of the marine mammal.
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Then they transferred their flippered friend to the Marine Mammal Center, which works with injured or abandoned mammals.
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The US Marine Mammal Protection Act bans people from feeding, hunting, harassing or capturing dolphins and other mammals.
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The Marine Mammal Protection Act calls for the "least practicable adverse impact" on marine mammals and their habitats.
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It was euthanized on Wednesday afternoon by a veterinarian with NOAA's Marine Mammal Stranding Network, Ms. Goebel said.
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Finally my skin is better and I can go back to my swim-like-a-marine-mammal class.
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Trilobites Cuvier's beaked whales off Cape Hatteras dive farther and stay underwater longer than any other marine mammal.
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Gray whales are the one of the most frequently seen whales in California, according to The Marine Mammal Center.
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They're adept at navigating the seas but aren't named after the semi-aquatic marine mammal that shares that skill.
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The Marine Mammal Center is the primary first responder for stranded sea otters across its 600-mile rescue range.
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Back in early May, DiCaprio posted about the vaquita porpoise, the world's smallest porpoise and most endangered marine mammal.
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Due to the law, marine mammal species are faring much better on average in the United States than elsewhere.
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The department said it is currently considering a proposal that would create a marine mammal sanctuary for the region.
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The rescue mutt was named for a marine mammal with a single tusk that sticks out of its face.
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The 15-foot-long marine mammal was first discovered by local residents, CBS Baltimore reported, around 6:45 a.m.
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"It is a pretty astounding announcement," said Dr. Naomi Rose, marine mammal scientist at the Animal Welfare Institute said.
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"We are mobilizing to get our marine mammal experts and our partners there to get some samples," Speegle said.
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Although it was rare to see marine mammal deaths from harmful algal blooms 20 years ago, the rate of these mass deaths is escalating and now more than 40 percent of marine mammal strandings in the US have been attributed to HAB toxins in the last two decades, according to one 2014 study.
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The Marine Mammal Protection Act prohibits harassing dolphins, but swimming with them falls into a grey zone under the law.
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Marine mammal expert Anelio Aguayo believes the blue whale ended up on the beach after the animal died of starvation.
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Upon admission and examination by the veterinary staff at the Marine Mammal Center, Otto was diagnosed with domoic acid toxicosis.
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As an adult, the marine mammal can grow to up to 60 feet long and weigh in at 40 tons.
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The bull orca "has become increasingly lethargic" the past few weeks, according to the marine mammal park in Orlando, Florida.
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The marine mammal enjoyed the crunchy treat shaped in a letter 'C' with other manatees at the river-themed attraction.
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"The effects on marine mammals are felt across an extraordinarily large scale," Mr. Jasny, the marine mammal protection director, said.
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Naomi Rose, a Washington-based marine mammal scientist at the Animal Welfare Institute, said the captures were unsustainable and inhumane.
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"During a summer field survey in 2010, we started hearing a weird pattern of sounds," said marine mammal scientist Jessica Crance.
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A marine mammal rescue team tried to help it back out to sea, but ultimately had to euthanize the dying animal.
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Buzzfeed News verified that SciFly was collaborating with the Marine Mammal Center, just north of San Francisco, on the porpoise project.
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This research means opposition may not just come from environmental groups and marine mammal advocates, but the shellfish industry as well.
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A Mexican drive to save the vaquita marina appears to be failing as the snub-nosed marine mammal hurtles towards extinction.
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Many weasels spend time in water, and one species, the sea otter, is a marine mammal that rarely comes on land.
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The Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito was treating 100 sea lion pups at this time last year, and now has two.
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The international coalition's Environment Convention Programme on Migratory Species dedicated 2007 to the marine mammal to raise awareness of the animal's plight.
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The orcas have been struggling because of a lack of Chinook salmon, which, like their marine mammal predators, is listed as endangered.
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So far, 68 sea lions have been treated by the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, compared to 70 in all of 2016.
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And we're here to tell you about some special otters who've been cared for by the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, California.
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Humpback whales were recently taken off the endangered species list, but are still protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act, Fauquier said.
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"Langly, her companion, and Pip are now all in the same rehabilitation pool at The Marine Mammal Center," Dr. Field tells PEOPLE.
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One of the NMFS's arguments is that too little data on marine mammal distribution is available to ensure protection of certain habitats.
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"Great to see a fellow marine mammal enjoying a bit of catch-pass with one of the @RugbyWorldCup balls!" the team wrote.
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NOAA's Marine Mammal Protection Act makes it illegal to fly an aircraft within 1,000 feet of protected animals such as humpback whales.
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The US Navy is required to monitor these species as part of the Marine Mammal Protection Act and the Endangered Species Act.
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Because of an editing error, an earlier version of this article misstated Dr. Frances Gulland's position on the federal Marine Mammal Commission.
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That number is "three times the historical average in the northern gulf," said Erin Fougères, a marine mammal stranding program administrator for NOAA.
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Choppy sea conditions on Thursday made it difficult for boats to reach the marine mammal, which was about 8 meters (26 feet) long.
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One of the more controversial ideas, offering rewards for killing seals, is illegal, as the Marine Mammal Protection Act currently protects the animals.
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Pacific Marine Mammal Center, a rescue center based in Laguna Beach, CA, just named its newest rescue after Joe Keery's character, Steve Harrington.
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In the statement, DiCaprio, the 42-year-old star of "Titanic," called the memorandum a "critical step" on behalf of the marine mammal.
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The Marine Mammal Center has successfully released eight seals so far, but this group is its biggest recovery and release effort to date.
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According to WDTN, the instructor noticed the marine mammal was getting thrown against the rocks and unable to reach land on its own.
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The Marine Mammal Center reports that these fatal encounters with sharks may be a factor limiting the sea otters' recovery throughout California waters.
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You can read more about The Marine Mammal Center's rescue, rehabilitation and release work with an otter named Otto back in 2017 here.
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The Marine Mammal Center said a ship hit a 45-foot (13.72-meter) long fin whale that was found May 18 near Oakland.
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Fortunately, scientists at Oregon State University's Marine Mammal Institute (OSUMMI) have pioneered new ways of documenting these incredible defecation events with aerial drones.
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Actions should be based on science, so we proposed an independent oversight body, the Marine Mammal Commission, and an associated scientific advisory committee.
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Today — 2628 years later — they are as valid and necessary as they were in 28503 when the Marine Mammal Protection Act became law.
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The data gathered allows Doughty and her team to further monitor trends in diseases, human impact on marine mammal health, and much more.
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The vaquita is "a very resourceful animal," said Lorenzo Rojas Bracho, a marine mammal expert with Mexico's National Commission of Protected Natural Areas.
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The group goes through a set of seven criteria to determine if they should declare a UME, according to the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
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"It's important to understand that the ocean is a world of sound, not sight," says Michael Jasny, director of NRDC's marine mammal protection project.
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Marine mammal rescue centers were overwhelmed with sea lion strandings in 2015, with some 4,600 animals washing up throughout the year, most before July.
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Marine mammal strandings have also been linked to offshore oil and gas exploration, which use airguns to blast the ocean floor with sound waves.
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But, after being protected by the landmark Marine Mammal Protection Act nearly half a century ago, the seals are back, and growing their numbers.
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If an animal appears ill or injured, or you don't see the mom nearby, Marine Mammal Center asks that you don't try to intervene.
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For example, earlier this month researchers at Oregon State University's Marine Mammal Institute captured rare aerial footage of blue whales "lunge-feeding" on krill.
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The female dugong, a marine mammal similar to a manatee, was rescued off Ko Poda island in April after becoming separated from her mother.
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The only other documented case happened more than 200 years ago, said Bruce Mate, emeritus director of Oregon State University&aposs Marine Mammal Institute.
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More than two decades of experiments at his Kewalo Basin Marine Mammal Laboratory in Honolulu proved that dolphins were the cognitive cousins of chimpanzees.
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Marineland, which continues to stage marine mammal shows featuring dolphins, beluga whales, sea lions, and walruses, doesn't appear to see a problem with it.
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"The footage is rather groundbreaking," said Lars Bejder, director of the UH Mānoa Marine Mammal Research Program, in a news release about the video.
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Northern fur seals are known for their thick brown fur and are almost always found in the ocean, according to the Marine Mammal Center.
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"The footage is rather groundbreaking," said Lars Bejder, director of the Marine Mammal Research Program at UH-Mānoa, in a video about the research.
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The office investigates suspected violations of the Marine Mammal Protection Act, which bans injuring or killing marine mammals in the wild, including sea lions.
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These seagrasses provide habitat for fish, endangered green turtles and dugongs, the only vegetarian marine mammal, which rely on the sea grass for food.
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After the Marine Mammal Protection Act, which protects marine animals, was enacted in 1972, the seal population exploded after gray seals recolonized in the area.
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They're still protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act, but for some unknown reason, their numbers have declined over the past three years, explained Bejder.
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Scientists from the Marine Mammal Center, California Academy of Sciences, Point Reyes National Seashore and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration participated in the necropsy.
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Some were killed by ship strikes, and some from malnutrition, according to the Marine Mammal Center, a nonprofit organization and first-responder to these events.
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Under the Marine Mammal Protection Act, Gordon was allowed to harvest the polar bear for "subsistence or other purposes," but not in a wasteful manner.
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Many are already at capacity, such as the Pacific Marine Mammal Center in Laguna Beach where staff are rehabilitating 130 animals at any given time.
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According to the Marine Mammal Center, whose responders conducted the rescue, it's not often that rescuers are able to reunite a mother and child successfully.
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According to the local publication, the Marine Mammal Protection Act strictly prohibits the harassment, hunting, capturing and killing of all marine mammals in the country.
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Other heroes in the film: Dr. Cynthia Smith of the National Marine Mammal Foundation, who tries to save the vaquitas in a daring operation, VaquitaCPR.
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One of Ryan's favorite places is the Pacific Marine Mammal Center, to which he donates all his brand's T-shirt proceedings -- over $3,700 thus far.
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I was so grateful that he was there for me — a textbook Cancer, he has an incredibly soothing presence that's not unlike a marine mammal.
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The National Marine Fisheries Service is asking for Marine Mammal Protection Act permits allowing five companies to conduct the seismic surveys with the air guns.
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Luckily, Santos is safe and sound in The Marine Mammal Center's hospital where the pup will be monitored, treated and, if all goes well, released.
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The maximum heart rate they recorded was 37 beats per minute after the air-breathing marine mammal returned to the surface from a foraging dive.
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The maximum heart rate they recorded was 37 beats per minute after the air-breathing marine mammal returned to the surface from a foraging dive.
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But NOAA Fisheries had said the Navy could use their sonar tech as long as there wasn't direct evidence of a marine mammal in the area.
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The act made it illegal to harm any marine mammal, including seals and sea lions , that makes up the great white shark&aposs main food source.
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A well-known animal lover and mom to several pets — including a new bunny with its own Instagram account — Cuoco decided to help the marine mammal.
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Fortunately for the otters of Morro Bay, California, the dedicated environmental scientists and biologists of the Marine Mammal Center are looking out for their best interests.
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As a Tlingit Indian from the Kiksadi clan, Miller is legally allowed to produce and sell finished products made of marine mammal fur under federal laws.
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Investigators determined that a large group had followed the animal to the aquarium and marine mammal rescue and rehabilitation facility, where it jumped into the ocean.
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Since the marine mammal UME program was created in 1991, there have been 63 formally recognized UMEs in the United States involving a variety of species.
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Christopher Gordon of Kaktovik is accused of violating the Marine Mammal Protection Act after he allegedly shot and killed a polar bear around December 20, 2018.
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She's coordinator for strandings at the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, California, and this is her necropsy (that'd be an autopsy for a non-human being).
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The U.S. military uses dolphins to hunt for underwater mines under the US Navy Marine Mammal Program and they're also quite helpful for finding missing persons.
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) brought the seals to the nonprofit Marine Mammal Center on the Big Island, which nursed them back to health.
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Laura Sherr of the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito confirmed that the seal (Pipester, as he's apparently called) had arrived at the Center before, last November.
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To find out if I was just being a baby, I reached out to Dr. Naomi Rose, a marine mammal specialist at the Animal Welfare Institute.
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Under the Marine Mammal Protection Act, only Alaska Natives are allowed to hunt and consume walrus, polar bears and several sea species, according to the report.
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The National Marine Fisheries Service has protected species of dolphins, whales, sea lions, and seals, many already endangered, under the Marine Mammal Protection Act for decades.
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One study found that plastic waste affected at least 267 marine species, including 43 percent of marine mammal species and 86 percent of sea turtle species.
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Dr. Kerr told me that Ocean Alliance obtained a marine mammal scientific permit from the National Marine Fisheries Service to fly the SnotBot in US waters.
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The species are also protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act, which makes it illegal for people to kill them aside from research or native subsistence.
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If you're looking up the meaning of the word "seal," you'll be shown pictures of mechanical seals, embossed pieces of wax, and the semiaquatic marine mammal.
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These kinds of incidents are becoming more common on beaches up and down the California coast, according to workers at the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito.
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Wallerstein took the dolphin to be checked at the Marine Mammal Care Center Los Angeles, where a veterinarian did a radiograph and verified it was a bullet.
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Some data is in short supply, since NOAA has assessed the abundance of only 17 percent of the marine mammal species that it is mandated to monitor.
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It seems the harrowing mistakes made in the U.S. — and unveiled by the 2013 documentary Blackfish — may be repeated again in China, marine mammal experts have warned.
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"With ten years of similar devices we've installed in Scotland, there hasn't been a single incident where any marine mammal, dolphin or whale, has collided," she said.
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But we've observed some wild bottlenose dolphins that have found a way to handle and feed on octopus, with the findings published today in Marine Mammal Science.
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Accredited zoos and aquariums like SeaWorld play an important role in raising the bar on animal welfare practices, advancing vital conservation efforts and facilitating marine mammal rescues.
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An investigative team is now collaborating with the Working Group on Marine Mammal Unusual Mortality Events to review the collected evidence and to help steer the investigation.
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Eric Roberts, a Coast Guard marine mammal response coordinator, helped bring the pups to the hospital when they were found and was there to escort them home.
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But Lorenzo Rojas-Bracho, who coordinates Mexico's marine mammal research and conservation program, tells Axios it's unlikely the vaquita will survive another illegal fishing season without help.
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The researchers, including marine mammal reproduction experts and a male fertility doctor, discovered that male walruses—which breed seasonally—weren't fertile at the same time as females.
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Sadly, the heroic otter mom lost a lot of blood and did not survive the emergency trip to the Marine Mammal Center hospital only 30 miles away.
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The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Marine Mammal Investigations has passed along all the projectiles they've recovered from slain seals to NOAA's Office of Law Enforcement.
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Efforts to save the North Atlantic right whale through attempts to enforce the Marine Mammal Protection Act have conflicted with the socio-economic realities of trap fisheries.
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SeaWorld has long faced criticism of its marine-mammal shows, and faced heavy condemnation after the 2013 release of "Blackfish," a documentary about its treatment of orcas.
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To get a sense of how dire this is, take a look at the list of the nine previous deaths and their causes, circulated by the Marine Mammal Center in a statement: Due to the precariousness of the latest dead whale's resting place, "it's unsafe for the Center's necropsy team to attempt to perform a necropsy, or animal autopsy," said Marine Mammal Center spokesperson Giancarlo Rulli in an email.
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Several sea lions have been found shot to death along Washington's shoreline in recent months as populations of the marine mammal return to the area for the winter.
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NOAA Fisheries is working with its partners in the Alaska Marine Mammal Stranding Network to photograph and perform necropsies on the animals, NOAA said in a news release.
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A dead sea turtle in Waveland, Mississippi, painted red by the Institute for the Marine Mammal Studies so it won't be counted a second time, April 7, 2011.
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The findings, published in the journal Marine Mammal Science, detail the lengthy process of finding and identifying samples from 178 beaked whales in and around the Pacific Rim.
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"The family saw media reports in which our marine mammal trainer recommended they call us, and they did get in touch." the spokeswoman Deana Lancaster told NBC News.
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The environment ministry said the oil covered an area of nearly 13,000 hectares and had polluted 60 km of coastal ecosystems, including mangrove wetlands and marine mammal habitats.
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If officials are unable to halt the vaquita's decline, it risks becoming the fifth marine mammal to go extinct in modern times, according to the World Wildlife Foundation.
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"If gill netting is allowed to resume in the northern gulf, the vaquita may be extinct by 2022," said Barbara Taylor, a marine mammal expert with the panel.
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What type of animal is believed to be the most endangered marine mammal in the world and is now the focus of an international effort to save it?
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Marine mammal stranding agencies always expect to find some sick and deceased animals this time of year, as a percentage of newborn pups fail to thrive after weaning.
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"For a deep water species like this, or any marine mammal, to be weak enough to strand, there is typically a reason (illness, injury, etc.)," the network said.
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Diane Claridge, executive director of the Bahamas Marine Mammal Research Organisation said recent research suggests that at least part of the answer may lie in the Cuvier's muscles.
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An investigative team has been created to look into the unusual number of dolphin deaths, said Teri Rowles, national coordinator at the marine mammal training response program for NOAA.
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"This holds great promise for managing noise as the pervasive ocean pollutant it has become," Michael Jasny, director of the group's marine mammal protection project, said in a statement.
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Law-enforcement agents from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries (NOAA) are investigating the killings, which are illegal under the federal Marine Mammal Protection Act, according to the newspaper.
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Either way, the calls were driving Dr. Claire Simeone, the director at the The Marine Mammal Center's Ke Kai Ola Hawaiian Monk Seal Hospital in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, wild.
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" The agency declared it an Unusual Mortality Event, defined as "a stranding that is unexpected; involves a significant die-off of any marine mammal population; and demands immediate response.
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A May 2017 poll revealed that 76 percent of Americans support protecting marine mammals from threats posed by human activities, and 73 percent support the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
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"We are the only organization that's permitted to respond to marine mammal strandings within 2,500 miles of coastline," Doughty said, adding that most animals they respond to are seals.
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Ms. Miller, a marine-mammal biologist who has a big vegetable garden and likes to bake, opened Nada after she saw how much plastic waste was choking the oceans.
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Candace Jean Andersen wanted to write a picture book about the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, so she asked the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for some information.
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"If we continue on the path we're on, we'll have no vaquitas in two years," said Barbara Taylor, a marine mammal expert at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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"The plastic in some areas was so compact it was almost becoming calcified, almost like a solid brick," said Mr. Blatchley, who has seen other marine mammal post-mortems.
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Jorge Velez-Juarbe, marine mammal curator for the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, explained that this assumption is due to the size difference between the bite traces.
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The trip's Young Explorers program includes hands-on workshops in marine mammal identification, squid biology and navigational charting as well as photography competitions organized by the ship's resident photography coach.
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Bonus: tickets for their opening night party, Miami Love, go to the Dolphins Plus Marine Mammal Responder, which saves stranded dolphins and whales (yes, that's a concern here in Florida).
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It was a pilot project for planned studies of the endangered vaquita — the world's rarest marine mammal, found only in the northern reaches of Mexico's Gulf of California — Kisfaludy said.
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Office of National Marine Fisheries asks any who sees a monk seal to report their sightings to the local Marine Mammal Response Coordinator.
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Fewer than 1 in 5 survive their first year in the uninhabited islands because of threats including predation, entanglement and environmental changes, according to the California-based Marine Mammal Center.
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The groups tasked with overseeing these incidents, the Greater Atlantic Regional Marine Mammal Stranding Network and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries Service, haven't been able to determine the cause.
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Most of CBD's response Wednesday to Bishop and Westerman is explaining its mission and why it opposes the Marine Corps project -- to protect the Okinawa dugong, an endangered marine mammal.
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CBD sent its response late Wednesday, saying that its actions against a military base in Okinawa, Japan, are fueled by its desire to protect the dugong, an endangered marine mammal.
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Most of CBD's response Wednesday to Bishop and Westerman is explaining its mission and why it opposes the Marine Corps project — to protect the Okinawa dugong, an endangered marine mammal.
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A local marine celebrity In southern Florida, a petition asks for Florida's state marine mammal to be commemorated in a statue to replace a Confederate memorial statue in Bradenton, Fla.
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The girl's family quickly hustled the shaken child away, perhaps eager to leave because of signs that threaten fines of up to 100,000 Canadian dollars for "disturbing" a marine mammal.
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"We had always been opposed to captivity," said Lorenzo Rojas Bracho, a marine mammal expert at INECC and the chairman of an advisory group, the International Committee for Vaquita Recovery.
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries Office of Law Enforcement is investigating the shooting deaths of several of the sea lions, who are protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
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Ashley Stokes, leader of the Seacoast Science Center Marine Mammal Rescue Team, told the Union Leader that the town of Rye brought in the machinery, but the state contributed the dumpster.
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Recently, the Marine Mammal Center of Sausalito, California, assisted in a daring, and ultimately adorable, rescue of a trapped harbor seal pup at the Point Lobos State Natural Reserve in Carmel.
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How Mexico must step up However, it is still up to Mexico to stop this illegal fishery within its own territory in order to save this most endangered marine mammal species.
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Kayla was the second-oldest captive-born orca ever, Dr. Naomi Rose, a marine mammal scientist at the Animal Welfare Institute, which has been critical of SeaWorld, told the Orlando Sentinel.
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But in 153, researchers from the New England Aquarium who were studying marine mammal distribution in the Bay of Fundy off eastern Canada were stunned when they sighted 215 right whales.
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" In response to WAP's report, a SeaWorld spokesperson provided this statement to PEOPLE: "SeaWorld is recognized as leader in setting the standard for the best marine mammal care in the world.
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Gordon has been charged with knowingly taking a polar bear in a manner unlawful under the Marine Mammal Protection Act and with one count of wasteful taking of a marine animal.
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And since seals, one of the predator's favorite meals, are defended by the Marine Mammal Protection Act and have experienced population boosts of their own, sharks in the area are thriving.
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Some social media users tried to poke fun at the situation, however, the Marine Mammal Center, Ke Kai Ola, was quick to point out that it wasn't something to joke about.
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In a notice to be published in Tuesday's Federal Register, the National Marine Fisheries Service is asking for Marine Mammal Protection Act permits allowing five companies to conduct the seismic surveys.
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This gentle marine mammal — reputed to bring friendly warnings about tsunamis — is also deeply beloved by ordinary Okinawans as a symbol of everything that sets this island apart from mainland Japan.
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"It's just been a real slow increase over time," said Dr. Shawn Johnson, director of veterinary science at the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, a nonprofit that rehabilitates ailing marine life.
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The 10 whales were spotted Monday morning, according to Whale Stranding Indonesia, a marine mammal conservation organization based in Jakarta, Indonesia, that has been monitoring the rescue on its Facebook page.
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The proposal by NOAA Fisheries would allow a waiver to the Marine Mammal Protection Act to let the tribe harvest 20 Eastern North Pacific gray whales over a 10-year period.
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Marine mammal researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa set out to record the humpbacks from two angles in order to witness minute details about their use of bubble-nets.
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Others like him probably have existed, but wouldn't occur frequently, said Randall Reeves, a marine mammal biologist who has studied the skull, but was not involved in the recent genomics research.
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The governors of Oregon, Idaho, and Washington agree, and asked Congress to loosen the Marine Mammal Protection Act for the sake of the fish, a commodity central to all three state economies.
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GIF: Credit: NOAA Permit 20311-01/University of Hawaii/Marine Mammal Research Program/GizmodoRemarkable new video from Hawaii shows a humpback whale calf swimming through Pacific waters just minutes after being born.
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PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Mexico is considering legalizing the trade in rare totoaba fish in order to save the world's most vulnerable marine mammal, the country's environment minister said.
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Gray whales, the most frequently spotted whales in California according to the Marine Mammal Center, migrate north towards Alaska this time of year from their breeding grounds off the Mexican Pacific coast.
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Since July, the Marine Mammal Center in Sausolito, California has seen 68 sea lions sickened by toxic algae come through it's doors—just two less than they saw in all of 2016.
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Scientists surveying endangered marine mammal populations first heard the tune in 2010 but could not be sure what kind of whale was singing, said Jessica Crance, of NOAA's Alaska Fisheries Science Center.
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The Bahamas Marine Mammal Research Organization and The Bahamas Department of Marine Resources called on staff from the Atlantis to come rescue the lost "little" guy, who'd whittled down to 365 lbs.
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From porpoises in Mexico to dolphins in China's Yangtze River, bycatch is "the greatest threat to marine mammals around the world," according to the Marine Mammal Commission, a United States government agency.
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People can face up to $100,000 in fines and up to one year in jail per violation of the Marine Mammal Protection Act, which bans harassing, hunting, killing or feeding wild dolphins.
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The 5-month-old water mammal was transported to the fire station before he was picked up by a team of veterinarians and brought over to their Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito.
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Speaking to PEOPLE, a spokesperson with the Marine Mammal Center confirmed that Santos was a northern fur seal pup and that he was in "decent body condition" after his parking lot adventures.
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The four whales were discovered early Saturday morning on Edisto Beach and it wasn't clear how long they had been there, Lowcountry Marine Mammal Network Director Lauren Rust told CNN affiliate WCSC.
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Every whale is protected by the Marine Mammal Protection Act, meaning that without special authorization (like for scientific research) a drone can't come closer than 1,000 feet of a whale, she said.
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In Cetacean, a "self-appointed attorney for all of the world's whales, porpoises, and dolphins" sued under the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and the National Environmental Policy Act.
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Researchers at the Dolphins Plus Marine Mammal Responder in Key Largo, Florida, played videos on a TV screen through underwater windows for a small sample of 11 bottlenose and five rough-toothed dolphins.
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Nold nicknamed his new pal "Little C." (His own nickname is "Big C," of course.) Marine Mammal Center rep Laura Sherr told KSBW8 the sea lion was malnourished and in need of rescue.
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But scientists figured out it was indeed a right whale after analysis of a lot of collected acoustical data, followed by a specific sighting during a 2017 marine-mammal research cruise, Crance said.
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It's illegal to kill sea lions Sea lions are protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and harming one can result in a fine of up to $28,520 and a year in prison.
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"Sea lions have excellent low light vision and underwater directional hearing that allow them to detect and track undersea targets, even in dark or murky waters," the US Navy Marine Mammal program explains.
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"Since 1959, the U.S. Navy has trained dolphins and sea lions as teammates for our Sailors and Marines to help guard against similar threats underwater,"according to the US Navy Marine Mammal program.
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Update, 1/11/16: Bob Schoelkopf, founding director of the Marine Mammal Stranding Center, got in touch with us after we published this story to clear up what happened with the dolphin necropsy.
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These bones alone are not enough to determine the exact species or the size of the marine mammal, but these particular bones did offer tantalizing clues into the last moments of this animal.
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The whale specimen described here is actually the first marine mammal recorded from the Neogene (a period that spanned from 23 million years ago to 2.58 million years ago) in the Burica Peninsula.
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During the summer of 1998, before my senior year at the Naval Academy, I was temporarily assigned to an explosive ordnance disposal unit at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado that had several marine mammal detachments.
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Walrus attacks on humans and their vessels aren't uncommon, according to Lori Quakenbush, a biologist from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game's Arctic Marine Mammal Program (who was not on the Russian vessel).
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Horniman Museum & Gardens, London When a walrus skin arrived from Canada for the Colonial and Indian Exhibition of 1886, its London taxidermist was not aware that it was from a rather wrinkly marine mammal.
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Harassing, hunting, killing or feeding wild dolphins is a violation of the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and can lead to civil or criminal charges including up to one year in jail and a $100,000 fine.
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A necropsy of one of the whales, a 41-foot-long adult female, revealed fractures to her skull and upper vertebrae, along with bruising and hemorrhaging consistent with a collision, the Marine Mammal Center said.
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For example, there are many openings in the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled and the Marine Mammal Commission, an independent agency charged with protecting marine mammals and the environment.
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We, along with many other bona fide marine mammal experts, and accredited zoos and aquariums are tired of activists masquerading as legitimate animal experts, and making false and outlandish claims to advance their own agenda.
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Other experts, however, say the plan could actually accelerate the demise of the snub-nosed resident of the Gulf of California that appears set to become the fifth marine mammal on record to go extinct.
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A man-made problem with man-made solutions Now, if all of this to just too depressing -- mourning mothers and dead calves and the dim future of beloved marine mammal -- Balcomb says there are solutions.
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Lack of food is the biggest threat to resident orcas, which occupy the area between Vancouver Island and northern Washington, according to Lance Barrett-Lennard, director of the marine mammal research program at Ocean Wise.
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The dolphin had carried her calf for the full gestation period of 12 months and was nearly ready to give birth when she was killed, said Mr. Solangi, of the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies.
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The act also states that immediately reporting a stranded, injured or dead whale is the most important action a person can take, which can be done so by calling the West Coast Marine Mammal Stranding Network.
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It was just another ordinary Wednesday for Dr. Claire Simeone, a seal specialist who runs the Ke Kai Ola Marine Mammal Center in Kona, Hawaii, until she got a strange, unnerving call on her cell phone.
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According to the Marine Mammal Protection Act, no one is allowed within 100 feet of the sea lions, but curiosity and misguided attempts to help the dying pups have resulted in beach-goers unnecessarily stressing them.
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On Wednesday, four U.S. Navy-trained bottlenose dolphins will sweep through the Gulf of Mexico with one purpose: to find and capture a tiny porpoise called the vaquita, which is the most endangered marine mammal alive.
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"It's just awful, this one will certainly make a dent in the New Zealand pilot whale population," says Liz Slooten, a professor at the University of Otago in New Zealand who studies marine mammal biology and conservation.
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Public outcry over dolphin bycatch in tuna fisheries spurred passage of the Marine Mammal Protection Act and led to dolphin-safe tuna labeling, which ultimately reduced dolphin mortalities from half a million to about 1,000 animals annually.
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That's why Australian marine mammal researcher Dr. Amanda Hodgson, from Murdoch University in Western Australia, is trying to see if drones can provide an easier and more accurate way to keep track of the endangered sea animal.
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The seals were born on the Isle of May and brought to the marine mammal facility at the University of St. Andrews when they were very young, with training starting shortly thereafter and lasting for 12 months.
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On Friday, the Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals in California found that a 2012 regulation that allowed the Navy to use a low-frequency active sonar for training and testing violates the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
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The Seal Sitters Marine Mammal Stranding Network, a volunteer organization that responds to calls for stranded animals, said all the sea lions died from acute trauma -- including one found last week that had its head sliced off.
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"We will continue to work with practitioners and other community members to the maximum extent possible, while we fulfill our mandate to conduct stranding response and post-mortem exams under the Marine Mammal Protection Act," Walters said.
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The sightings show that "they are not destined for extinction" if protected in time, said Armando Jaramillo Legorreta, a marine mammal expert at Mexico's National Institute of Ecology and Climate Change, who leads the acoustic monitoring program.
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The USDA regulates zoos, circuses and marine mammal parks under the Animal Welfare Act, the only federal law that requires a minimum standard of humane treatment and care for animals in research, exhibition, transport and by dealers.
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Javier Negrete, a marine mammal specialist, said the colony of female elephant seals that normally come to the base between September and November to give birth was reduced by some 30 percent since 1995 to 320 last year.
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While it's estimated there was once hundreds of thousands of them in the coastal Pacific waters, as of the Marine Mammal Commission's latest count, there were only around 3,000 otters left and their historical range has seriously dwindled.
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"These mother whales are worn out and running on empty, making them even more susceptible to negative human interactions, including ship strikes and entanglements," Padraig Duignan, chief research pathologist at the Marine Mammal Center, said in a statement.
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In a paper published in Marine Mammal Science, scientists looked at 115 recorded encounters between killer whales and humpback whales, to see if there was a pattern concerning the latter's tendency to engage in fights with the former.
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Since 1959, the U.S. Navy has trained bottlenose dolphins and California sea lions "to detect, locate, mark and recover objects in harbors, coastal areas, and at depth in the open sea" under the U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program.
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Following Thursday's announcement, Naomi Rose, a marine mammal scientist at the Washington D.C.-based Animal Welfare Institute, said that it was a "monumental and important first step forward" in achieving a more humane business model for the company.
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On Tuesday, 119 House Democrats sent a letter to various lawmakers in both chambers urging them to remove specific language in the House version of the defense bill that could weaken the ESA and Marine Mammal Protection Act.
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A man found the animal lying at the water's edge in April and called the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies, which responds to dolphin strandings and conducts necropsies, or animal autopsies, said Moby Solangi, the organization's executive director.
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The rescue mutt, named for a marine mammal with a single tusk that sticks out of its face, gained viral fame this week with his miniature tail flopping between his eyes (no, it doesn't wag on its own).
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Trained responders from The Marine Mammal Center picked Santos up from the fire station and took the seal to their marine hospital in nearby Sausalito, where the seal will be examined to determine the sex, age and health.
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WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - In a bid to boost energy development, U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is considering shrinking or eliminating 300 marine sanctuaries designed to protect 425 million acres of coral reefs, marine mammal habitats and pristine beaches.
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"The dead whale's resting place straddles a rocky shoreline in an intertidal area making it unsafe for the Center's necropsy team to attempt to perform a necropsy," said Giancarlo Rulli, spokesman for The Marine Mammal Center, in a statement.
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For families looking for an affordable beach trip with opportunities to explore beyond the water, the GoBankingRates report notes at least five "major" kid-friendly attractions, including the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies and the Gulf Islands Water Park.
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At a news conference held earlier today, NOAA Fisheries Southeast Region Marine Mammal Stranding Program Administrator Erin Fougères said 121 strandings were documented in Mississippi, 89 in Louisiana, 32 in Alabama, and 37 in Florida, as reported in NOLA.
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Signs of the totoaba slaughter began showing up in the upper Gulf of California around 2011, says Lorenzo Rojas-Bracho, head of marine mammal conservation and research for the National Institute of Ecology and Climate Change (INECC) in Mexico.
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The law, passed by Congress and signed by President Trump last month, amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to ease protections on California and Steller sea lions in the Columbia River, the Willamette River and their tributaries.
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"But association of open water routes through Arctic sea ice with increased PDV exposure or infection suggest that opportunities for PDV and other pathogens to cross between North Atlantic and North Pacifc marine mammal populations may become more common."
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"I called the 24 hour @cimwi___ (marine and wildlife hotline) and asked if someone could come help him," Cuoco added in her post, referring to Channel Islands Marine & Wildlife Institute, a marine mammal rescued based out of Santa Barbara, California.
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Additionally, Krysta Higuchi of the Pacific Marine Mammal Center tells the Los Angeles Times that gray whales should be in or swimming to the Gulf of Alaska for feeding at this time of year, not hanging out in Southern California.
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"My guess would be just the angle and movement of the animal through the water is causing this distortion in appearance of the blubber and maybe muscle," Mandy Migura, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration marine mammal biologist, said via email.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Manatees were taken off the U.S. Interior Department's list of endangered species on Thursday and reclassified as threatened, a move condemned by conservationists who say it weakens protections for the giant marine mammal, also known as a sea cow.
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PEOPLE caught up with Dr. Cara Field, a Staff Veterinarian at The Marine Mammal Center, who assured us that although the three otters play and keep each other company, Pip cannot transmit toxoplasmosis to Langly or the other otter pup.
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On Tuesday, 85033 House Democrats sent a letter to various lawmakers in both chambers urging them to remove specific language in the House version of the defense bill that could weaken the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and Marine Mammal Protection Act.
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Beginning in 1969, Dr. Herman cobbled together funding from the National Science Foundation, the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, the University of Hawaii and the Navy to convert a former tourist shark attraction into his Kewalo Basin Marine Mammal Laboratory.
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A marine mammal, polar bears' beautiful white fur -- the feature that draws tourists in the first place -- allows them to blend into the sea ice, which they use as a platform to hunt for seals, their main source of food.
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The findings, which were published on Thursday in Scientific Reports, reveal that sea routes opened up by sea ice melt enable marine mammal populations that don't typically meet to become exposed to each other, which amplifies the risk of transmitting PDV.
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Hours later, a whale calf believed to belong to the same social group was found dead on the beach about a mile to the north, said David Schofield, the regional marine mammal response coordinator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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It's hot, the lines are long, the food is expensive, and you'll be surrounded by other sweaty, impatient, frustrated families all waiting for the same thing: a chance to briefly touch a caged marine mammal before a handler whisks you away.
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According to the Orange County Register, the Laguna Beach Lifeguards and the law enforcement branch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are investigating whether his poorly advised, partially decomposed lunch was in violation of the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
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The 24-year-old singer and former Nickelodeon "iCarly" actress, along with reps from Oceana and other conservation advocacy organizations, will head to the Rayburn House Office Building on Wednesday to lobby Congress to defend the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA).
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"We believe this is a calf which may have been traveling with its mother and probably got lost or separated during the migratory cycle," Renata Emin, a marine mammal expert with Bicho D'água, told the Brazilian news site O Liberal.
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LOS ANGELES, June 28 (Reuters) - Marine mammal rescue teams were hoping on Tuesday to renew their attempt to disentangle a blue whale found enmeshed in fishing line off the Southern California coast a day after initial efforts to free the giant creature failed.
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This problem of pinnipeds in the river began when another issue with the species was solved: The sea lion population sat at 280,2200 individuals just before the Marine Mammal Protection Act passed in 217; by 103, that number had rocketed past 210,211.
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It's a happy ending for the Pacific harbor seal, who was discovered last February at just one-day-old by the Pacific Marine Mammal Center stranded on a rocky stretch of coast at Dana Point Headlands Beach with her umbilical cord attached.
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The stunning footage, narrated by Leigh G. Torres, expedition leader and principal investigator with the Marine Mammal Institute at Oregon State, provides a great deal of insight into what whales eat and how they decide what food is worthy of their time.
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But great white shark populations have been making a comeback since about 1972, when the Marine Mammal Protection Act was passed, said George Burgess, a marine biologist and director emeritus of the Florida Program for Shark Research at the University of Florida.
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Manu'iwa's wellbeing, including its health and growth, is currently being monitored by the staff from Ke Kai Ola — a hospital operated by The Marine Mammal Center at Kailua-Kona — along with officers from the DLNR Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement (DOCARE).
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Jessica Powell, a marine mammal biologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, said that they usually travel and live in groups of 10 to 100, and it is hard to pinpoint what may have caused the five to leave the group.
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"We are concerned about a number of recent reports of marine mammal deaths caused by gunshots in the greater Seattle area," said Greg Busch, an assistant director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Marine Fisheries Service's Office of Law Enforcement.
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Conservation successes in the Marine Mammal Protection Act era include greatly reduced dolphin deaths from tuna fishing, recovery of harbor porpoises in the Atlantic, rebounding of northern elephant seals in the Pacific, and improvements in the status of humpback whales and sea otters.
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"I would have some questions whether those cables would mean that whales would not use the area the same way as they have," said Francine Kershaw, a marine mammal scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council, which supports wind power, including offshore development.
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Just hours later, a whale calf believed to be from the same group was found dead on the beach a mile north of Kihei, according to David Schofield, the regional marine mammal response coordinator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Marine mammal rescue teams alerted boaters off Southern California on Tuesday to be on the lookout for a blue whale ensnared in the rigging of a commercial crab trap, a day after initial efforts to free the giant creature failed.
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NRDC was founded in 1970 and our staff helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws; our marine mammal cases and campaigns have played a major role in shaping current policy on whale and dolphin conservation in the United States and internationally.
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"Researchers saw a complete absence of life around the air gun," said Michael Jasny, director of marine mammal protection for the Natural Resources Defense Council, one of several environmental groups suing the federal government in an effort to stop the seismic surveys.
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"Blue whales are the largest animal on Earth and an endangered species, so to learn that this individual's death is a result of a ship strike is particularly unfortunate," said Barbie Halaska, a Marine Mammal Center researcher, told the Bay Area&aposs KTVU2 FOX .
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"We've dealt with lots of weird things, and more often or not the entanglements involve rope," says Pieter Folkens, a marine mammal illustrator who has been specially trained by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to free whales from entrapping lines and fishing gear.
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As it turns out, the Atlantis is the only resort of its kind to have an Animal Rescue & Care Facility and employ a full staff of marine mammal specialists and veterinarians, who had the tools and knowledge to nurse Manny-T back to health.
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The Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee on Wednesday will consider a handful of bills including one on the management of driftnet fishing, and a bill to amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow Alaska Natives to deal in traditional mammoth ivory products.
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On Friday, NOAA Fisheries took a crucial step toward the Trump administration's goal by implementing "incidental take authorizations," which are special provisions in the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) that allow companies to "incidentally, but not intentionally, harass marine mammals," according to a NOAA statement.
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Study author Takashi Matsuishi, professor at Hokkaido University, told Gizmodo in an email that the study relied on Marine Mammal Stranding networks, systems used to relay information about stranded and recently deceased marine mammals in order to allow researchers to take data on the animals.
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Since September, at least 2767 California sea lions have been reported dead, including six that were confirmed shot, in Puget Sound and Hood Canal, according to the Seal Sitters Marine Mammal Stranding Network, a volunteer group that responds to reports of stranded or dead sea lions.
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"Although the goal for organizations such as the Pacific Marine Mammal Center is to re-release rehabilitated animals back into the wild, this wasn't an option for Ziggy since she was found at such a young age," said Josh Sisk, curator of mammals at the L.A. Zoo.
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"When Fredi was deemed non-releasable by NOAA Fisheries after rehabilitation due to her very young age, SeaWorld provided her with a permanent home, where she has received outstanding care for the past 8 years," said Dr. Erin Fougeres, Marine Mammal Stranding Program Administrator for NOAA Fisheries.
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Michael Jasny, the director of the marine mammal protection project for the Natural Resources Defense Council, said the plan marked a big change in how the oceanic administration sees ocean noise: as a problem that needs to be addressed more broadly instead of case by case.
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Environmentalists say the impact on endangered orcas represents a violation of Canada's Species at Risk Act; in an email to the New Republic, Kinder-Morgan notes that the government is requiring it to develop a Marine Mammal Protection Program to mitigate the potential threat to whales.
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In a span of more than 100 years, Florida has designated 1914 official state symbols, including a state marine mammal (the manatee), a state beverage (orange juice), and a state seal (of a man carrying a live alligator while he purchases beer at a convenience store).
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The Pelagis Observatory, a marine mammal research organization in La Rochelle, France, conducted autopsies on dolphins that washed ashore dead in the first four months of last year, and it found that the dolphins' deaths were mostly caused by drowning or by wounds inflicted by fishermen.
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"As part of the UME investigation process, NOAA assembled an independent team of scientist to coordinate with the Working Group on Marine Mammal Unusual Mortality Events to review the data collected, sample stranded whales, and determine the next steps for the investigation," NOAA wrote on their website.
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Christopher Gordon, a resident of northern Alaska village of Kaktovik, shot and killed the bear in December 2018 and was charged by federal prosecutors with violating the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), which prohibits the taking of marine mammals, according to a plea agreement filed Friday.
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Robert Michaud, president and director at the non-profit Groupe de recherche et d'éducation sur le mammifères marins, a marine mammal research group that also operates in the Saint Lawrence, says that he suspects his organization is witnessing the same trend in other parts of the estuary.
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"While NMFS does not take lightly the potential effects of surveys on marine mammal populations, these surveys, with the robust suite of required mitigation and monitoring, are expected to have a negligible impact on the affected species and stocks," states the decision from NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Some believe sea lions harm salmon populations Earlier this year, the US House of Representatives passed an amendment to the Marine Mammal Protection Act that would allow fishery managers and other "eligible entities" with permits to kill up to 100 sea lions each year to help preserve salmon populations.
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More interesting, to me, than the judgment of history, are the moral compasses of the crying men themselves, who knew—well before Greenpeace protestors and Blackfish and the Marine Mammal Protection Act—that the animals they were hurting were sentient and sensitive; that they were doing something wrong.
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Krista Hupman, a marine mammal biologist for the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research in New Zealand, said whale conservation groups kept a close eye on Farewell Spit and were ready to convene rescue teams at short notice when the animals appeared to be swimming toward the coastline.
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Paul Cottrell, DFO marine mammal coordinator for the west coast based in Vancouver, said it was possible the neurotoxin affected the whales' behaviour making them more likely to be struck by ships, but emphasized there was "no smoking gun" and it's not possible to know for sure what killed them.
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Related: Humans Are Doing a Remarkable Job of Killing the Species That Feed Us The WWF's Vidal described the measures as "very ambitious" but not enough to stop illegal fishing that is pushing the vaquita to the verge of becoming the fifth marine mammal to go extinct since records began.
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"While the limestone used to build the city of Girona are enriched by fossils—it is quite common to identify invertebrates for example—finding a marine mammal on which thousands of people walked over for the last two decades is indeed very peculiar," Voss said in a statement this week.
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An international group of scientists and marine mammal specialists, which included Jean-Michel Cousteau of the Ocean Futures Society and Charles Vinick, the executive director of the Whale Sanctuary Project, pleaded with the government to choose the more costly option of releasing them in their natural habitat, where they were caught.
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Teams have responded to more than 600 reports of dead or dying harbor and gray seals, but there are probably more that have gone unreported or washed up on private property, said Mike Asaro, chief of the marine mammal and sea turtle branch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
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According to a release from NASA, there are a few working theories: The holes could be a result of warm paths of water flowing underneath the ice, or they could be the result of some marine mammal, like a harp seal, poking up from under the ice's surface to breathe.
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However, environmentalists have called the twin pipeline proposal a death warrant for southern resident orca in the Salish Sea—one of only two orca populations to have received federal protections under the United States' Marine Mammal Protection Act, an environmental law that prohibits the killing, harassment, or taking of animals considered at-risk.
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Lee said her long-term hope is to build a network of hunter/observers who can help biologists keep track of changing marine mammal migration patterns, particularly the migration of gray and bowhead whales, which seem to be traveling north from the Bering to the Chukchi and Beaufort seas earlier in the spring.
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"As we received most of our reports of these dead seals on Monday, and they are located in a very remote region of Alaska, our marine mammal experts have not yet been on the scene where these dead seals are located," a spokesperson for NOAA Fisheries Alaska Region told Motherboard in an email.
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The 80-foot-long (24-meter-long) whale, about twice the size of a school bus, has not been spotted since a day-long attempt on Monday evening to free the marine mammal from its potentially lethal entanglement in the waters off Dana Point, about 65 miles (105 km) north of San Diego.
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Harp seals spend winters in the waters off Newfoundland, and it is common for them to go ashore at times, and to swim into bays like the long, narrow ocean inlet that borders Roddickton-Bide Arm, said Garry Stenson, head of the marine mammal section at Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans.
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Last month, Bejder, director of the Marine Mammal Research Program (MMRP) at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa, was filming humpback whales off the coast of Maui when he received an urgent call from a local tour operator, who was concerned after seeing frantic splashing and commotion in the water, followed by the appearance of blood.
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The whole mermaid gimmick doesn't even stop there: $1 spent on every $36 palette goes toward the Marine Mammal Center, which rescues and provides medical care to seals, sea lions, and other sea critters near their headquarters in Sausalito, CA. The products won't start shipping for another few weeks, but you can pre-order them on KG Beauty's website.
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The case brought by three conservation groups, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Center for Biological Diversity and the Animal Welfare Institute, against the Department of Commerce argues that it is the U.S. government's duty to enact a ban on Mexican seafood imports under the Marine Mammal Protection Act for the vaquita, the smallest species of porpoise.
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The case brought by three conservation groups, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Center for Biological Diversity and the Animal Welfare Institute, against the Department of Commerce argues that it is the U.S. government's duty to enact a ban on Mexican seafood imports under the Marine Mammal Protection Act for the vaquita, the smallest species of porpoise.
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"Despite heroic efforts to ban gillnets and to increase enforcement using the Navy, this illegal fishing for totoaba has continued and the recovery team felt that they needed to try something else — because at that rate [the vaquitas] will be gone in the next year or two," says Barbara Taylor, a marine mammal geneticist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and a vaquita conservationist.
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"Just one week after issuing dire warnings on the catastrophic fallout of climate change to come, the Trump administration is opening our coastlines to for-profit companies to prospect for oil and gas — and is willing to sacrifice marine life, our coastal communities and fisheries in the process," Michael Jasny, director of marine mammal protection at the Natural Resources Defense Council, said in a statement.
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Seth MoultonSeth Wilbur MoultonBiden, Buttigieg bypassing Democratic delegate meeting: report Native American advocates question 85033 Democrats' commitment 2020 Democrats urge Israel to reverse decision banning Omar, Tlaib visit MORE (D-Mass.) recently led 17 of their colleagues in making urgent, bipartisan requests for NOAA to determine whether Canada's Atlantic fisheries have the same marine mammal conservation standards as U.S. fisheries for reducing impact to endangered right whales.
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But the world has not forgotten about the wrongs against Morgan, the Free Morgan Foundation — which includes the organizations of Orcalab, Orca Network, Orca Research Trust, Centre for Whale Research, Project SeaWolf Coastal Protection, Cetacean Society International, Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society and the International Marine Mammal Project of Earth Island — is continuing to work for the whale's freedom, collecting footage of her abuse and campaigning with the government and courts for her release.
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Here are some additional reactions: Zak Smith, a senior attorney at the Natural Resources Defense Council focused on marine mammal protection, pointed hopefully to a mention of the totoaba in an agreement last month on marine conservation goals between maritime officials from China and the United States: China has a vital role to play in saving the vaquita by aggressively rooting out the trafficking of totoaba in Hong Kong and mainland China.
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"We will continue to work with practitioners and other community members to the maximum extent possible, while we fulfill our mandate to conduct stranding response and post-mortem exams under the Marine Mammal Protection Act," Walters said, according to the AP. Pisciotta, however, said that although nine practitioners were at the beach alongside NOAA officials, they never agreed to the animals being euthanized, and they only prayed because the whales were being killed.
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