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 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 ...

La Jolla Parks & Beaches group to consider proposing changes to Marine Mammal Protection Act With San Diego weighing closing Point La Jolla to the public year-round, some think the 1972 federal ...

The Marine Mammal Protection Act does not address that eventuality. So long as gray seals remain protected, regardless of their numbers, they will continue to proliferate and attract white sharks ...

Under the 1992 Amendments to the Marine Mammal Protection Act, NOAA Fisheries was tasked as the lead agency to coordinate emergency responses to beached and distressed marine animals.

NEW YORK— Conservation groups sued several federal officials and departments today in the U.S. Court of International Trade over their failure to implement the import provisions of the Marine Mammal ...