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 ...

OPINION Gray seals no longer need federal protection The Marine Mammal Protection Act needs to be amended to include a provision for delisting recovered species.

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 ...

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 ...

The Marine Mammal Protection Act and the Endangered Species Act will share the spotlight — and perhaps the hot seat — at the Wednesday morning hearing that’s being described as an assessment ...

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 protects all marine mammals. It is illegal to harass marine mammals and if prosecuted, violators can be fined or face imprisonment.

Conservation and animal protection groups sued several federal officials and departments today in the US Court of International Trade over their failure to implement the import provisions of the ...

Reports of beachings are sadly not uncommon, but experts struggle to explain why marine mammals strand themselves either deliberately or inadvertently.