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IMMP Files Lawsuit to Halt Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion Project

A huge project to divert Mississippi water, mud and toxins into the Barataria basin has broken ground. It would devastate the basin's ecosystem. So the International Marine Mammal Project and local fishermen sued today in Louisiana to halt the project and protect dolphins, endangered birds, and sea turtles.
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Topics: Cetacean Habitat, Dolphins, Lawsuit, Offshore Oil & Oil Spills, Pollution
Earth Island Adds Unfair Competition Claim in Plastic Pollution Lawsuit

Our lawsuit against ten major companies, who pollute our oceans with plastics, is taking another step forward. A revised complaint has been filed with the judge, and we await his decision for going forward with a trial.
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Topics: Cetacean Habitat, Entanglement, Lawsuit, Plastic Pollution, Environment
Remembering Don Baur (1954–2022)

A great testament to Don Baur, conservationist and lawyer, by the American Bar Association.
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Topics: Keiko, Lawsuit, US Marine Mammal Protection Act, Environment
Wildlife Advocates Ask Court to Unseal SeaWorld’s Orca Health Records

The health records for captive orcas and other cetaceans should be open to the public -- the orcas, after all, do no belong to SeaWorld. They only hold them in trust -- the public are the real owners. IMMP is going to court to get some of those records for science and for the public.
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Topics: Captivity Industry, Lawsuit, Orcas, SeaWorld
Another Win for EII’s Landmark Plastics Lawsuit
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Photo Credit: Mark J. Palmer

A judge in California court allowed our landmark lawsuit against ten major companies responsible for plastic pollution to move forward, once again thwarting efforts of those companies to block our case and break the case up into different states around the country.
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Topics: Lawsuit, Plastic Pollution
Urge Congress to Break Free From Plastic

Plastic is everywhere in the ocean environment, even in the deepest oceans and most remote islands. The harm to marine life is growing. Congress now has a chance to take action on the Break Free from Plastic Pollution Act. You can help!
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Topics: Cetacean Habitat, Entanglement, Lawsuit, Plastic Pollution
Our 2021 Accomplishments for Whales and Dolphins

2021 heralded many accomplishments for whales and dolphins by the International Marine Mammal Project of Earth Island Institute. We did it with your support, and we thank you!
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Topics: Biden Administration, Captivity Industry, Cetacean Habitat, Dolphin Safe Tuna, Dolphins, Japan, Lawsuit, Marine National Monuments, Orcas, Philippines, Plastic Pollution, Russia, Whales, Seals & Sea Lions, Marine Protected Areas
Federal Court Rules Landmark Case Should Proceed in California State Court

The Earth Island Institute made big progress today in our lawsuit against 10 major plastic-polluting companies! The judge ruled in our favor to keep our case in state court.
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Topics: Lawsuit, Plastic Pollution
Trump Opens Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument to Commercial Fishing
| By Mark J. Palmer

On June 5, 2020, President Donald Trump, surrounded by New England fishermen and their prop lobster traps, opened the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument to commercial fishing. Unsurprisingly, environmentalists did not get an invite.
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Topics: Lawsuit, Marine National Monuments, Trump Administration
Impacts of Plastics On Marine Life
| By Tara Van Hoorn

Grocery bags mimic jellyfish, wrappers resemble small fish, and microplastics look just like plankton floating in the water.
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Topics: Cetacean Habitat, Lawsuit, Plastic Pollution, Pollution, Whales

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  • 2023 International Marine Mammal Project Accomplishments
    From the cold reaches of the Russian coast, to Japan's notorious Cove, to global tuna fleets, to Barataria Bay, to the concrete tanks of SeaWorld - the International Marine Mammal Project had key accomplishments for whales and dolphins, thanks to your support!
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  • Identifying the Cetaceans of the World
    There's a lot of whale and dolphin jargon out there. Here's some explanations about what we know about cetaceans.
  • Stopping Our March Towards An Unlivable World
    The damages of global warming are already here, and worse is to come. Can COP28 overcome national resistance and lobbying from the oil industry to adopt real solutions to global warming, including an equitable phase-out of the burning of fossil fuels?
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Save Japan Dolphins >
  • Taiji: The End of Dolphin Slaughter Season
    The Taiji dolphin slaughter was as horrendous as always, but the numbers of dolphins being killed and captures continues to decline. Can we end the dolphin hunts for good?
  • Declines of Taiji Dolphin Populations Confirmed
    A recent analysis by scientists, adopted by the IWC Scientific Committee, shows what many opponents of the Taiji dolphin hunts have feared -- the hunts are depleting several dolphin species along the coast of Japan, leading the dolphin hunters to go after other species, while still killing the depleted species.
  • Taiji's Annual Dolphin Slaughter Has Started: Why it Must End For Good
    The Taiji dolphin hunts are well underway, with a pod of bottlenose dolphins recently herded into the notorious Cove. The Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission is warning that some dolphin species are declining.
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Dolphin + Whale Project >
Keiko Whale Rescue >
  • Orca Tokitae (Also Known as Lolita) Passes On
    We are deeply saddened at the death of orca whale Tokitae. Calls for her release were denied for decades and it’s shameful that she never got a chance to go home.
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    Tokitae (also known as Lolita) has died. Photo Credit: Dr. Ingrid Visser, Orca Research Trust

  • “Free Willy” Paved the Way to Ending Whale Captivity (Part 1 of 3)
    30 years ago, the movie "Free Willy" was a huge hit. The plight of its orca star, Keiko, touched the public along with the moving story. Read how the International Marine Mammal Project took that spark of concern and returned Keiko to his home waters. SeaWorld and other captive dolphin parks would never be the same!
  • The Sad Death of Kiska, the World’s Loneliest Orca
    The last captive orca in Canada, Kiska, has died, after being kept alone for twelve years at the notorious MarineLand park in Niagara Falls. If Tokitae (Lolita) goes home to a seaside sanctuary, the only North American captive orcas will be those in SeaWorld's three parks.
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Dolphin Safe Fishing >
  • Staff Spotlight: Meet Trixie Concepcion, the Director of the Asia-Pacific Dolphin Safe Monitoring Program
    For more than 30 years, Trixie Concepcion and her staff have worked to protect dolphins and other marine life in the Philippines, monitoring tuna fishing in the Western and Central Pacific Oceans to ensure the tuna is caught by Dolphin Safe methods, saving the lives of tens of thousands of dolphins annually.
  • The Tuna Dolphin Tragedy
    The history of the drowning of millions of dolphins by the tuna industry turned a corner in 1990, when US tuna giants agreed to work with the International Marine Mammal Project to establish Dolphin Safe fishing standards that avoid harm to dolphins and other marine life.
  • IMMP Supports CCTV Onboard Tuna Vessels to Ensure Dolphin Safe
    In order to better monitor tuna vessels to ensure no dolphins are netted or harmed, the International Marine Mammal Project of Earth Island Institute is supporting placing closed circuit television (CCTV) aboard tuna vessels.
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Freeing Orca Whales from Captivity >

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