On World Oceans Day, June 8th, the International Marine Mammal Project (IMMP) of Earth Island Institute joined the Center for Biological Diversity, Friends of the Earth, Pacific Environment, and many other organizations in sponsoring an event on the shores of San Francisco Bay: A Wake for the Whales.
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Marine Protected Areas are for safeguarding ocean life. While fishermen often oppose the designation of such areas that limit or prohibit fishing, the protected areas act as reservoirs for healthy fish populations, often providing better fishing along the outside boundaries. We need protected areas where we can determine and measure any adverse impacts from fishing in unprotected areas.
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Dr. Ingrid Visser is one of the foremost experts on orcas in the world, having studied them extensively in New Zealand through her Orca Research Trust. She has worked on marine mammal research and protection all around the world, including working with the International Marine Mammal Project of Earth Island Institute. We are pleased to bring you this special report from her about the successful rescue of two stranded dolphins.
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The International Marine Mammal Project (IMMP) of Earth Island Institute is joining the Center for Biological Diversity and many other organizations to hold “A Wake for the Whales”, honoring the many whales who have washed ashore on California beaches this year.
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Our oceans are being saturated with human-caused noise. There can be great harm to dolphins, whales and other marine life from various sources of intense noise in our oceans from oil exploration and drilling, military sonars, ship traffic, and other sources.
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US Congress has introduced two new bills that would ban offshore oil drilling in two major areas off our coastline.
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The International Marine Mammal Project (IMMP) of Earth Island Institute is one of the lead organizations coordinating global efforts on behalf of Russian whales and dolphins. We helped return the Whale Jail whales of Russia to the ocean and are now working to permanently ban such wild captures of whales and dolphins in Russian waters.
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On March 12, 2021, IMMP and Shark Stewards sent the following letter to President Joseph Biden and his Administration. The Biden Administration is reportedly reviewing these decisions.
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Southern resident orcas depend on Chinook salmon, but years of stream destruction and damming of salmon streams, closing off the clean gravel beds needed for spawning, is harming both salmon and orca populations.
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The recent film Seaspiracy falsely claims that the dolphin-safe tuna program is a conspiracy to benefit the global fisheries industries. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, the dolphin-safe tuna program has provided and continues to provide massive benefits to dolphin populations around the world. Despite our efforts to provide documentation of this to the filmmakers, they chose instead to grossly distort and mischaracterize the program.
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