In fear of penalty for malpractice, fishery workers at sea are retaliating against and endangering dolphin-safe tuna monitors.
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On December 24th, a minke whale, the smallest of the baleen whales, became trapped in a series of set nets used by fishermen to catch fish, near the notorious town of Taiji, Japan.
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Trixie Concepcion leads the International Marine Mammal Project (IMMP) dolphin-safe tuna monitoring effort from the Philippines, responsible for reviewing tuna shipments caught in the Asian Pacific Ocean. She is actively involved in many wildlife issues in the Philippines, such as the campaign to help save the Irrawaddy dolphins.
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As we enter a new year, the International Marine Mammal Project is still hard at work laying out our plans and hopes to help save whales, dolphins, and their ocean homes.
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SeaWorld is a global kingpin in promoting cetacean captivity, instructing many overseas facilities in capture and training techniques, and providing the captivity industry’s major talking points. We encourage you to send a message to SeaWorld’s Interim CEO, Marc Swanson.
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Once again, the Taiji dolphin drive hunts have begun, for another six month season of terror and bloodshed of dolphins. The hunts show no signs of ending.
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Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut has asked the US National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) for permission to import five beluga whales from Canada’s Marineland park at Niagara Falls. The International Marine Mammal Project (IMMP) of Earth Island Institute and many other organizations and members of the public strongly oppose the import. While Mystic claims the purpose of the import is to conduct scientific research on the beluga whales, the real purpose behind the import is to provide more breeding stock for captive whales to produce yet more captive cetaceans for the US captivity industry.
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In a letter delivered to congressional leaders on Monday, July 20th, the International Marine Mammal Project (IMMP) of Earth Island Institute, Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), and 17 other animal protection and conservation groups urged lawmakers to require that any aquarium or marine theme park benefiting from COVID-19 emergency funds take steps to phase out the captivity of whales and dolphins.
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While the pandemic continues to keep many of us inside, that does not mean that our education about and involvement in marine conservation must stop. Here are some movies, videos, books, and crafts, many kid-friendly, to keep up your engagement with the ocean and IMMP’s cetacean conservation from the comfort of your own home.
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The International Marine Mammal Project (IMMP) of Earth Island Institute is one of the lead organizations globally coordinating efforts on behalf of Russian whales and dolphins. We helped to 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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