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AWI Quarterly Articles | Marine Wildlife

Please see the below articles about Marine Wildlife from past editions of the AWI Quarterly.

 

Colorado Cracks Down on Wildlife Trafficking

In May, Colorado enacted SB25-168, the nation’s most comprehensive state law to combat wildlife trafficking. The law is unique among state laws in that it prohibits the selling, possessing, transporting, importing, or exporting of any...

Dolphin-Dooming Barataria Bay Project Halted

For several years, AWI has opposed a project to divert fresh sediment-rich river water into Barataria Bay in an effort to restore Mississippi River Delta land lost to erosion. Delta restoration is a laudable goal...

Whale-Safe Fishing Gains Ground in Southeast Seas

In March, the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (SAFMC)—a regional body responsible for managing federal fisheries from North Carolina to Florida—met in Jekyll Island, Georgia. One item on the docket, Amendment 56, included a proposal...

Will Japanese Protectionism Sink Icelandic Whaling?

This year’s commercial whaling season began in April with the first kills by Norway and Japan. Although Norway’s quota allows up to 1,406 minke whales in total to be killed by the 15 registered whaling...

The Captive Display Industry Fights Back

Since 2013, with the release of the documentary Blackfish, the campaign to end the captive display of cetaceans has made strong progress. Locations where free-ranging cetaceans were still captured for sale to dolphinariums have shuttered...

Cuts to NOAA Cast Science Adrift

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is well known for its weather-related work, which for decades has included studying the science of climate change. Less familiar to the general public are the functions of NOAA...

Extolling Sustainability at Seafood Expos

AWI is once again attending two key seafood industry events: Seafood Expo North America in Boston in March and Seafood Expo Global in Barcelona in May. Among the world’s largest seafood industry trade shows, these...