👀 document fraud to launder banned gillnetted blue shrimp from #vaquita porpoise habitat into the US in contravention of #MMPA included as "an alarming case" of "serious environmental crime" in Mariela León's @Cambio16 'Canned deception: fraud in fish products is on the rise.'

Fact check: Is it really illegal to talk to dolphins? The Marine Mammal Protection Act doesn't specify communication, but prohibits "interfering with marine mammals" in a way that alters their natural behavior. This includes attempting communication. So it's probably okay to talk to one; but if you're trying to get them to talk back, you may need a lawyer.

Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #490: The Marine Mammal Protection Act.
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The Marine Mammal Protection Act: What It Saved and What We Stand to Lose A look at the history, policies, and proposed changes behind America's most powerful marine conservation law.

In Issue 01 of MMMN, we covered the Marine Mammal Protection Act as it faces proposed changes that would weaken its core protections. Click to read the history, current legislative pressures, and what you can do to help.
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#MarineMammalProtectionAct #MMPA

"...it would also be devastating to the economies of coastal communities whose livelihoods depend on a healthy ocean. The proposal would downgrade the act’s goals from “healthy, functioning populations” to mere survival..."

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Transparency & marine mammal bycatch monitoring & mitigation needed to regain access to US market under #MMPA but gillnets largely will remain unacceptable for bycatch risk- 14 (2/3s) of the 21 Mexican fisheries banned by @fisheries.noaa.gov are gillnet fisheries
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Zoom meeting screenshot of US and Mexico officials in annual bilateral fisheries meeting

Bilateral MX-US annual fisheries meeting yesterday important for #vaquita conservation - need to resolve #USMCA & #Pelly compliance processes, & to prevent Upper Gulf gillnetted shrimp laundering into US under stricter #MMPA Certificate of Admissibility enforcement.
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Mucho work for Mexico in 2026 under US #MMPA seafood import bans. For 65% of 650 Customs codes, shipments must have a @Conapesca Certificate of Admissibility testifying they are not from prohibited fisheries, which include over 65 individual species & groups from #vaquita habitat

New estimates reveal that the #NorthAtlanticRightWhale population has increased—proving their resilience.

With just ~384 remaining, we can’t let Congress threaten one of the only laws protecting them.

Speak up: https://bit.ly/3IiPgfq

#MarineMammalProtectionAct #MMPA #ProtectWhatYouLove

Animal Rescue team in a Zodiac behind an entangled North Atlantic Right Whale

North Atlantic right whales face life-threatening risks from vessel strikes and entanglement in fishing gear. Fewer than 360 of these critically endangered whales remain. The MMPA changes all but guarantee a trajectory towards extinction. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #WhaleWednesday #MMPA

Many Mexican seafood fisheries will be banned from exporting to US under #MMPA Marine Mammal Protection Act after Jan 1. While some need to start from scratch to develop bycatch mitigation measures, in Upper Gulf it is matter of compliance with #vaquita safe gear & policies.

Yellow tape marking a sea turtle nesting site

Weaker protections for mammals result in reduced mitigation requirements for industrial activities, which can correlate with greater habitat degradation or disturbances in zones shared by sea turtles, including coasts, seagrass beds, and coral reefs. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #TurtleTuesday #MMPA

The losses stem from the 2020 to 2022 Unusual Mortality Event (UME), which we argue has not ended, causing the death of over a thousand manatees due to starvation from lack of forage in the Indian River Lagoon. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #ManateeMonday #MMPA

The proposed change would redefine the protection “goal” to be the minimum number of animals needed for “continued survival” which fails to support the long-term recovery of manatees from a 20% population loss. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #ManateeMonday #MMPA

Black and white photo of a manatee beneath the surface of a Florida spring

For more than 50 years, the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) has served as a cornerstone of marine conservation. But newly proposed legislation threatens to gut these critical safeguards. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #ManateeMonday #MMPA

Republicans try to weaken 50-year-old law protecting whales, seals and polar bears One of the U.S.’s longest standing pieces of environmental legislation, credited with helping save rare whales from extinction, is the subject of an effort for cutbacks from Republican lawmakers who n...

The #MMPA is important because it’s one of our bedrock laws that help us base conservation measures on the best available science, said Kathleen Collins, senior marine campaign manager with Int. Fund for Animal Welfare. Species on the brink of extinction saved. 🐋 🦭 🐻‍❄️

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Marine protection rollback threatens MS Gulf ecosystem Public News Service (PNS) is a member-supported news service that advocates journalism in the public interest. PNS's network of state-based news services distribute high quality public interest news…

🐬 Proposed rollbacks to the Marine Mammal Protection Act could harm Mississippi’s dolphins and coastal economy.

@oceana.bsky.social warns: weakening protections risks irreversible damage to Gulf ecosystems.

#MarineMammals #MarineConservation #GulfCoast #MSnews #NOAA #MMPA

Republicans try to weaken 50-year-old law protecting whales, seals and polar bears One of the U.S.’s longest standing pieces of environmental legislation, credited with helping save rare whales from extinction, is the subject of an effort for cutbacks from Republican lawmakers who n...

The #MMPA is important because it’s one of our bedrock laws that help us base conservation measures on the best available science, said Kathleen Collins, senior marine campaign manager with Int. Fund for Animal Welfare. Species on the brink of extinction saved. 🐋 🦭 🐻‍❄️

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Republicans try to weaken 50-year-old law protecting whales, seals and polar bears One of the U.S.’s longest standing pieces of environmental legislation, credited with helping save rare whales from extinction, is the subject of an effort for cutbacks from Republican lawmakers who n...

“The #MMPA is important because it’s one of our bedrock laws that help us base conservation measures on the best available science,” said Kathleen Collins, senior marine campaign manager with Int. Fund for Animal Welfare. “Species on the brink of extinction saved.” 🐋 abcnews.go.com/Politics/wir...

For 50-plus years, the #EndangeredSpeciesAct and the Marine Mammal Protection Act #MMPA have safeguarded our nation’s most vulnerable species.

Now we must speak out to defend them.

If you’re in the U.S., urge Congress to oppose efforts to weaken these laws: secure.wcs.org/campaign/250... 🌎

1/12 🐋 🇺🇸 LANDMARK U.S. WHALE PROTECTION LAW UNDER ATTACK 🇺🇸 🐋

Republican amendments could eviscerate the 1972 Marine Mammal Protection Act — one of America's most successful conservation laws.

Scientific American's Ryan Green reports.
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Marine Mammals Are Under Attack in Congress — Defend the MMPA

USA: "The Marine Mammal Protection Act (1972) is now under attack by United States legislators seeking 2 weaken its ability 2 safeguard marine #ecosystems. Tell your federal legislators 2 protect this landmark legislation & 2 vote against the gutting of this valuable Act."

#Environment #MMPA #fauna

The Law That Saved the Whales Is Under Attack Proposed amendments to the Marine Mammal Protection Act would cut down protections to whales, dolphins, polar bears and other species

Proposed House Bill Would Weaken Marine Mammal Protection Act, Endangering Whales, Dolphins and More Proposed amendments to the Marine Mammal Protection Act would cut down protections to whales, dolphins, polar bears and other... @cosmicmeta.ai #MMPA

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Proposed House Bill Would Weaken Marine Mammal Protection Act, Endangering Whales, Dolphins and More Proposed amendments to the Marine Mammal Protection Act would cut down protections to whales, dolphins, polar bears and other... @cosmicmeta.ai #MMPA

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The Law That Saved the Whales Is Under Attack Proposed amendments to the Marine Mammal Protection Act would cut down protections to whales, dolphins, polar bears and other species

Proposed House Bill Would Weaken Marine Mammal Protection Act, Endangering Whales, Dolphins and More Proposed amendments to the Marine Mammal Protection Act would cut down protections to whales, dolphins, polar bears and other... @cosmicmeta.ai #MMPA

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The Law That Saved the Whales Is Under Attack Proposed amendments to the Marine Mammal Protection Act would cut down protections to whales, dolphins, polar bears and other species

Proposed House Bill Would Weaken Marine Mammal Protection Act, Endangering Whales, Dolphins and More Proposed amendments to the Marine Mammal Protection Act would cut down protections to whales, dolphins, polar bears and other... @cosmicmeta.ai #MMPA

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The Law That Saved the Whales Is Under Attack Proposed amendments to the Marine Mammal Protection Act would cut down protections to whales, dolphins, polar bears and other species

Proposed House Bill Would Weaken Marine Mammal Protection Act, Endangering Whales, Dolphins and More Proposed amendments to the Marine Mammal Protection Act would cut down protections to whales, dolphins, polar bears and other... @cosmicmeta.ai #MMPA

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The Law That Saved the Whales Is Under Attack Proposed amendments to the Marine Mammal Protection Act would cut down protections to whales, dolphins, polar bears and other species

Proposed House Bill Would Weaken Marine Mammal Protection Act, Endangering Whales, Dolphins and More Proposed amendments to the Marine Mammal Protection Act would cut down protections to whales, dolphins, polar bears and other... @cosmicmeta.ai #MMPA

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The Law That Saved the Whales Is Under Attack Proposed amendments to the Marine Mammal Protection Act would cut down protections to whales, dolphins, polar bears and other species

Proposed House Bill Would Weaken Marine Mammal Protection Act, Endangering Whales, Dolphins and More Proposed amendments to the Marine Mammal Protection Act would cut down protections to whales, dolphins, polar bears and other... @cosmicmeta.ai #MMPA

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The Law That Saved the Whales Is Under Attack Proposed amendments to the Marine Mammal Protection Act would cut down protections to whales, dolphins, polar bears and other species

Proposed House Bill Would Weaken Marine Mammal Protection Act, Endangering Whales, Dolphins and More Proposed amendments to the Marine Mammal Protection Act would cut down protections to whales, dolphins, polar bears and other... @cosmicmeta.ai #MMPA

https://u2m.io/kgr4VXke

The Law That Saved the Whales Is Under Attack Proposed amendments to the Marine Mammal Protection Act would cut down protections to whales, dolphins, polar bears and other species

Proposed House Bill Would Weaken Marine Mammal Protection Act, Endangering Whales, Dolphins and More Proposed amendments to the Marine Mammal Protection Act would cut down protections to whales, dolphins, polar bears and other... @cosmicmeta.ai #MMPA

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