The Marine Mammal Protection Act, which celebrated 50 years in 2023, has safeguarded species from extinction. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management honors this legacy by prioritizing marine mammal ...

The Marine Mammal Protection Act needs to be amended to include a provision for delisting recovered species.

The House Natural Resources Committee is set to discuss legislation to make big changes to the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Advocates say it could be the death knell for dozens of species. The ...

Today, a coalition of more than 20 animal and environmental protection organizations gathered alongside scientists, agency officials, and legislators to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the US Marine ...

The Court found that NMFS complied with the Marine Mammal Protection Act (“MMPA”) in authorizing construction of the Vineyard Wind project despite its impacts on the North Atlantic right whale ...

The Marine Mammal Protection Act and the Endangered Species Act are on the agenda this week.

Marine mammals like harbor seals are federally protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and disturbing, capturing, injuring or approaching them too closely could result in a heavy fine, ...

Marine mammal experts are monitoring the carcass of a dead minke whale found floating in lower Raritan Bay. A second was found offshore in Lavalette.

The Marine Mammal Commission was created more than 50 years ago to ensure the Marine Mammal Protection Act is followed, and to provide independent, science-based oversight of federal activities ...

Both Redulla and local agents with NOAA’s Office of Law Enforcement described the JEA as a valuable tool to bolster the manpower and equipment used to enforce the Marine Mammal Protection Act ...

A Panama City man has been sentenced after violating the Marine Mammal Protection Act and the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act after killing dolphins, according to the Department ...