The Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) was the first act of the United States Congress to call specifically for an ecosystem approach to wildlife management...
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The Marine Mammals Protection Act 1978 is an Act of Parliament passed in New Zealand in 1978. It is administered by the Department of Conservation. The...
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Marine mammals are mammals that rely on marine (saltwater) ecosystems for their existence. They include animals such as cetaceans (whales, dolphins and...
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prohibits the capture of marine mammals. Animal theme park List of dolphinariums WSPA Marine Mammal Protection Act Marine mammal training Captivity (animal)...
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States. The Marine Mammal Protection Act protects a variety of mammals that use the ocean as a main survival resources. This can include mammals that live...
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for violating the Animal Welfare Act of 1966. In 1999, he was fined for violating the Marine Mammal Protection Act as the result of illegally releasing...
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The U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program (NMMP) is a program administered by the U.S. Navy which studies the military use of marine mammals - principally bottlenose...
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(Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972). The MMPA requires a general prohibition on "taking" and importation into the United States of marine mammals including...
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threatened marine life. On October 21, 1972, the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (MMPA) was enacted, was enacted, protecting fisheries resources, marine mammals...
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polar bear conservation in Russia. The Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 afforded polar bears some protection in the United States. It banned hunting...
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the production of pressed reliefs. In the United States, the Marine Mammal Protection Act in 1972 makes it illegal "for any person to transport, purchase...
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The Marine Mammal Center (TMMC) is a private, non-profit U.S. organization that was established in 1975 for the purpose of rescuing, rehabilitating and...
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North Atlantic right whale (category Mammals of North America)
protected under the U.S. Endangered Species Act and Marine Mammal Protection Act and Canada's Species at Risk Act. There are an estimated 356 individuals...
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Division, carried out the mandates of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) and the Endangered Species Act (ESA), and was charged with protecting the...
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Quality Protection Act Fisheries Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens) Lacey Act Marine Mammal Protection Act Migratory Bird Treaty Act Mineral...
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Narwhal (category Mammals described in 1758)
roughly 800 narwhals in the waters off Svalbard. In the 1972 Marine Mammal Protection Act, the United States banned imports of products made from narwhal...
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Pinniped (redirect from Seal (mammal))
people. In the United States, pinnipeds are protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (MMPA). Since that year, California sea lion populations...
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welfare.[citation needed] New legislation, most notably the 1972 Marine Mammal Protection Act in the United States, combined with a more critical view on animal...
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Agreement Marine Mammal Protection Act Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 Endangered Species Act of 1969 Endangered Species Act of 1973...
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New England Aquarium (section Marine Mammals)
However, the passage of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 caused the previously imperiled populations of marine mammals like Atlantic harbor seals...
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The interactions between marine mammals and sonar have been a subject of debate since the invention of the technology. Active sonar, the transmission equipment...
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the United States under the Dolphin Protection Consumer Information Act, a part of the US Marine Mammal Protection Act, tuna companies around the world adhere...
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Examples include national laws such as the US Marine Mammal Protection Act and US Endangered Species Act, and international treaties such as the UN Convention...
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was the first presidential election after the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which began restoring voting rights to Black Americans in the South...
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by the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended, and the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended. The Marine Mammal Protection Act empowers...
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related to marine conservation include the 1972 Marine Mammal Protection Act, as well as the 1972 Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act, which established...
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Beluga whale (category Mammals described in 1776)
passed the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, outlawing the persecution and hunting of all marine mammals within US coastal waters. The act has been...
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included Passion at the Arden Theatre Company (2015), Kiss Me, Kate at the Act II Playhouse (2016), and Arsenic and Old Lace (2014), The Humans (2018) and...
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Dall's porpoise (category Mammals of Canada)
(CMS), and, like all other marine mammal species, is protected in the United States under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). Mead, J. G.; Brownell...
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d'état Yom Kippur War airlift Mideast Peace Process Marine Mammal Protection Act Endangered Species Act Impeachment process Watergate scandal timeline Tapes...
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