The House Natural Resources Committee is set to discuss legislation to make big changes to the Marine Mammal Protection Act.

Since marine mammals were federally protected, the only course of action for federal and state officials was to find a nonlethal way to keep the sea lions away from the locks. Steve knew the task ...

The government has released stricter draft regulations on offshore ship-to-ship transfers in an attempt to protect South Africa’s fragile marine ecosystems.

Marine Mammal Protection Act Re-Authorized The House passed Sen. Studds' Marine Mammal Protection Act Amendments of 1994 (HR 2760) on March 21 to re-authorize the Marine Mammal Protection Act for ...

The Fish and Wildlife Service updated rules governing how much Arctic oil drilling can bother the Beaufort Sea’s protected polar bears.

(Center for Whale Research) Southern resident killer whales are a critically endangered population protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Their current population is about 73.

Southern resident killer whales are a critically endangered population protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Their current population is about 73. The animals are social and live in ...

The whales are protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act and can reach 17 feet and 2,640 pounds, NOAA says.

The whales are protected by the Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Whale advocates say efforts to reduce entanglements aren’t going far enough.