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Entanglement: The Threat of Commercial Fishing to Dolphins and Whales
| Mark J. Palmer

Fishing gear can kill cetaceans at a high enough level that populations can become threatened. Read More >

Topics: Cetacean Habitat, Dolphin Safe Tuna, Dolphins, Tuna Industry, Vaquita, Whales

Navy Decides To Stop Killing Vaquita Porpoises
| Laura Bridgeman

Isolation, rape, ripping apart of families, and death: these are the unfortunate hallmarks of “conservation”, the sort that zoos and aquariums, in particular, love to employ. Read More >

Topics: Captivity Industry, Navy, Military, Vaquita

Navy Deploys Captive Dolphins to Capture Wild Vaquitas
| Laura Bridgeman

Forced breeding and separation of families is what the Navy thinks will save Vaquita. Read More >

Topics: Dolphins, Navy, Military, Vaquita

Sign This Petition to Save the Vaquita Porpoise
| Laura Bridgeman

Tell the Mexican Government to save the vaquita from extinction. Read More >

Topics: Cetacean Habitat, Vaquita

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International Marine Mammal Project >
  • Marine Pollution: Ocean Acidification
    As carbon dioxide is absorbed by the oceans, the oceans become more and more acidic, with devastating impacts on krill, corals, diatoms and other species at the base of the oceanic food chain, upon which dolphins and whales depend.
    - By Audrey Evangeline Lee
  • UK Audit Criticizes Marine Stewardship Council
    The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has Listed the Dolphin Killing Tuna Industry of Mexico as "Sustainable" But a UK Audit Questions Their Standards
    - By Mark J. Palmer, International Marine Mammal Project
  • First Photos and Inspection of Russia’s “Whale Prison” Raises Alarm
    Russian Conservationists and Experts Inspect Conditions in Russia's "Whale Prison", Raising Concerns About the Health and Well Being of 87 Beluga Whales and 11 Orcas
    - By Mark J. Palmer, International Marine Mammal Project
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Save Japan Dolphins >
  • The Slaughter and Captures of Dolphins in Taiji, Japan
    As documented in "The Cove", dolphins continue to be horribly slaughtered while the dolphin hunters get top dollar for live trained dolphins, ripped from their families.
    - By Mark J. Palmer, International Marine Mammal Project
  • The Other Dolphin Hunt in Japan
    Taiji is not the only place that dolphin hunts occur in Japan. In northern Japan ports, Dall's porpoises are harpooned for their meat.
    - Mark J. Palmer, International Marine Mammal Project
  • Our 2018 Accomplishments for Whales and Dolphins
    The International Marine Mammal Project of Earth Island Institute has achieved some major goals in protecting whales and dolphins in 2018. Looking forward to continuing our efforts in the new year.
    - Mark J. Palmer, International Marine Mammal Project
  • More Stories >
Dolphin + Whale Project >
  • Marine Pollution: Ocean Acidification
    As carbon dioxide is absorbed by the oceans, the oceans become more and more acidic, with devastating impacts on krill, corals, diatoms and other species at the base of the oceanic food chain, upon which dolphins and whales depend.
    - By Audrey Evangeline Lee
  • Japan’s Startling New Whaling Policy
    Japan announces they will no longer kill whales in the Antarctic Ocean, a cause for celebration, but also they will drop out of the IWC and start commercial whaling within its 200 mile zone, bad news for those whales and dolphins.
    - By Mark J. Palmer, International Marine Mammal Project
  • Our 2018 Accomplishments for Whales and Dolphins
    The International Marine Mammal Project of Earth Island Institute has achieved some major goals in protecting whales and dolphins in 2018. Looking forward to continuing our efforts in the new year.
    - Mark J. Palmer, International Marine Mammal Project
  • More Stories >
Keiko Whale Rescue >
Freeing Whales & Dolphins from Captivity >
Dolphin Safe Fishing >
  • UK Audit Criticizes Marine Stewardship Council
    The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has Listed the Dolphin Killing Tuna Industry of Mexico as "Sustainable" But a UK Audit Questions Their Standards
    - By Mark J. Palmer, International Marine Mammal Project
  • Our 2018 Accomplishments for Whales and Dolphins
    The International Marine Mammal Project of Earth Island Institute has achieved some major goals in protecting whales and dolphins in 2018. Looking forward to continuing our efforts in the new year.
    - Mark J. Palmer, International Marine Mammal Project
  • Mexico’s Ten-Year WTO Effort to Overturn the Dolphin Safe Tuna Label Ends in Total Defeat
    After ten years of litigation, the World Trade Organization (WTO) has concluded that the US Dolphin Safe tuna label should remain strong, and not be weakened to allow Mexican tuna, stained by the blood of dolphins, to be falsely labeled "Dolphin Safe". A huge victory!
    - Mark J. Palmer, Associate Director, International Marine Mammal Project
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