Legal protection for marine species


UNEP / WCMC Marine Mammal Atlas

Washington State's Puget Sound orcas get highest protection - 16th February 2006

New Zealand calls for urgent action on high seas bottom trawling - 14th February 2006

World's largest EEZ marine conservation measure proposed - 14th February 2006

Legal action against UK over insufficient cetacean protection - 20th December 2005

NOAA lists Puget Sound orcas as endangered - 15th November 2005

Fishery shut, 19 dolphins killed - 30th August 2005

Thai Government steps up the protection of dolphins - 6th November 2004  

Trawlers that kill hundreds of dolphins banned from British seas - 28th September 2004

Conservatives call for action to save dolphins - 28th October 2004

Court says whales and dolphins cannot sue Bush - 21st October 2004

Bradshaw intent on dolphin protection measures - 28th September 2004

Pair trawling for sea bass banned - 27th September 2004

UK Fisheries Minister announces pair trawl ban - 27th September 2004

New push to reform U.S. Fisheries Bill would change make-up of councils  - 28th June 2004

Welsh proposal to ban jet skiers to protect dolphins - 23rd June 2004

Suit says feds not protecting turtles - 23rd June 2004

Dying killer whale family wins protection   - 4th June 2004

Government wants to slow ships to help right whales - 2nd June 2004

Whale protection considered  - 27th May 2004

Environmentalists ask Judge to review new New England fishing restrictions - 26th May 2004

Australia drafts protection plan - with teeth - 26th May 2004  

Administration considers speed & routing limits to save whales - 25th May 2004

EU loophole ‘scandal’ risks dolphins’ lives - 25th April 2004

Dolphin advocates seek moratorium on waste releases - 17th April 2004

EPA administrator can override industry set mercury abatement rules - 12th April 2004

Ocean plan could reduce fishing fleet  - 5th April 2004

Sea turtles get fishing relief - 1st April 2004

Australia marks 25 years of anti-whaling - 30th March 2004  

EU decides to better protect dolphins - 23rd March 2004

Washington State recommends endangered status for Puget Sound orcas - 1st March 2004

Lab under fire after latest dolphin death - 27th February 2004

Decision on Puget Sound orcas protection moves closer  - 31st January 2004

Rumsfeld, congressional allies on verge of rolling back MMPA - 8th November 2003

House panel joins fight over whales, sonar - 6th November 2003

New South Wales to provide special protection for albino humpback - 14th September 2003

Federal Court restricts global deployment of Navy sonar - 26th August 2003

Humane Society of the U.S. pushes for import sanctions against Iceland - 14th August 2003

Australia acts to combat effects of marine debris on wildlife – 13th August 2003

Italian Parliament approves Cetacean Protection Bill - 25th July 2003

“Pingers” to protect porpoises and dolphins in Baltic - 25th July 2003

Plan for UK marine nature reserves - 22nd June 2003

UK announces harsher penalties for Wildlife Trade Offences - 18th June 2003

Plan to lock up 30 per cent of Barrier Reef - 2nd June 2003

Activists sue U.S. over orcas' status - 29th May 2003

Conservationists want Inner Hebrides as UK’s first marine national park- 27th May 2003

Legal challenge aims to protect Puget Sound killer whales - 27th May 2003

15th Report of the Scientific, Technical, and Economic Committee for Fisheries -Commission Staff Working Paper - SEC(2003)550 - November 2002 - pub - 12th May 2003 - pdf  - 552KB

Trawlers' deadly toll of dolphins - 12th May 2003

Fear for protection of marine wildlife - 29th April 2003

Court blocks Bush "Dolphin Safe" label - 10th April 2003

Laws fail to protect marine mammals from harassment - 6th April 2003  

Federal Appeals Court bars Makah tribe from whaling - 14th February 2003

Dominican state rejects dolphin capture - 10th February 2003

Nicaraguan government bans dolphin exploitation - 2nd February 2003

Nature Protection Minister Elliot Morley to toughen action against illegal wildlife traders - 15th January 2003

Animal groups seek temporary restraining order in US Federal District Court 8th January 2003

Court stops Makah whale hunt - 20th December 2002

Lawsuit filed to protect Puget Sound orcas - 19th December 2002

EU environmental crime plan nears approval - 2nd December 2002

Group seeks federal protection for orcas 14th November 2002

EU green law infringement rate still rising - -7th October 2002

Coalition of conservation groups seeks legal protection for marine mammals 14th August 2002

Environmental groups - lawsuit claims NMFS failed to protect marine mammals 11th May 2002

Group plans to sue federal agency over failure to protect whales 26th October 2001



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