Archive for: Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA)
A Chronic Problem: Pritzker and the NOAA Roadmap’s Deficiencies
Anthropogenic noise from sources such as sonar, oil and gas exploration, and commercial shipping pollutes the ocean and causes serious problems for marine mammals, who rely on sound to survive. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recently addressed the extent of anthropogenic ocean noise pollution (AONP) in its Roadmap …
Read MoreEarth Island Institute v. Hogarth
Defendant National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) appealed the California District Court’s grant of summary judgment to plaintiff environmental groups on claims that the agency’s finding that the use of purse-seine nets to harvest tuna did not have an adverse impact on Eastern Tropical Pacific (ETP) dolphin population recovery was arbitrary …
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