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Marine Mammals | Sierra Club

The USFWS regulations also provide similar exemptions from the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). [See Policy Supplement, attached.] Another example of policy ...

Guideline for Treatment of Marine Mammals

... regulations and public health may also apply in some countries and circumstances. ... in particular, the conduct of research in protected and ...

4. Fisheries and Marine Mammals - Oxford Academic

... marine mammals, the past year exposed regulatory ... Protecting marine life, which in the parlance of the international law of the sea ...

About - Navy Marine Species Monitoring

Background. The Navy is responsible for compliance with a suite of Federal environmental laws and regulations that apply to marine mammals and other marine ...

16 USC 1373: Regulations on taking of marine mammals - U.S. Code

... marine mammals Text contains those laws in effect on October 24, 2024. From ... MARINE MAMMAL PROTECTIONSUBCHAPTER II-CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF MARINE ...

Marine Mammal Regulations ( SOR /93-56) - Laws.justice.gc.ca

Table of Contents ; 4 - PART I · General · Licensing; 7 - ; 17.1 - PART II · Cetaceans · General; 20 - ; 26.1 - PART IV · Seals · Licences; 27 - ...

86 STAT. ] PUBLIC LAW 92-522-OCT. 21, 1972 1027 ... - GovInfo

any marine mammal product, and to adopt suitable regulations, issue ... of marine mammals, of methods for their protection and conserva-.

Unit 2 – Management of Protected Marine Species

Importantly, however, the ESA (in §6(f)) encourages state law to be more protective; the ESA also contains provisions for cooperation with state partners. Also, ...

16 U.S.C. § 1373 (2022) - Regulations on taking of marine mammals

2022 US Code Title 16 - Conservation Chapter 31 - Marine Mammal Protection Subchapter II - Conservation and Protection of Marine Mammals Sec. 1373 - Regulations ...

Ways to Protect Marine Life: Safe Viewing Guidelines | PWF

Marine mammals are protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act and in Hawai'i there is added protection for humpback whales and spinner dolphins. These ...

Marine Mammal Protection Act Series - Ocean Conservation Research

The MMPA was the first federal law to establish protections for marine mammals—and over the years, it has improved the status of many ...

Protection for marine mammals and endangered or threatened ...

Identifying and Overcoming Gaps in Protection. Several changes are needed in federal law to enhance marine mammal and endangered species protection. The ...

How Are Whales Protected? - See A Spout? Watch Out!

Whales, and other marine mammals, are protected under two key federal laws ... Marine Mammal Protection Act and the Endangered Species Act is available ...

Conservation of Protected Marine Species | Mass.gov

DMF has participated in numerous programs to protect endangered marine mammals and sea turtles. The following projects are a portion of what we ...

50 CFR § 216.3 - Definitions. - Law.Cornell.Edu

Acts means, collectively, the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended, 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq., the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended, 16 ...

Regulating Impacts of Noise on Marine Mammals in North America

Marine mammals are protected under dedicated taxonomic legislation, endangered species legislation, and general environmental stewardship ...

Final 2020 LOFF_85 FR 63527_ 8 Oct 2020 - Regulations.gov

The marine mammals that co-occur with a fishery may or may not interact with or be incidentally or intentionally killed or injured in the fishery. The LOFF also ...

Marine mammals and offshore industries | JNCC

Legal protection for marine mammals. Marine mammals are protected in UK offshore waters under a series of regulations. Cetaceans are covered ...

Regulations Amending the Marine Mammal Regulations

(c) the conservation and protection of marine mammals in Canada and in Canadian fisheries waters. 5 The Regulations are amended by adding ...

New US regulations offer better protection from bycatch

But marine mammals may have finally caught a break: In August 2016, the US finalized new regulations under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) requiring any ...