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Right Whale in the Wrong Place at the Wrong Time

Acoel

The Marine Mammal Protection Act requires NMFS to prevent the depletion of endangered marine mammals that interact with commercial fisheries, the court stated, and the Endangered Species Act embodies Congress’s “plain intent. to halt and reverse the trend toward species extinction, whatever the cost.” .

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How Big Is A Blue Whale? Plus More Blue Whale’s Facts

Earthava

Blue whales, Balaenoptera musculus, make their homes in the planet’s vast open oceans where most migrate thousands of miles annually to feed, mate, and raise calves. There is also the Indian Ocean blue whale, Northern blue whale, and Pygmy blue whale. How Big Is A Blue Whale? One blue whale is approximately the weight of.

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Policy News: December 20, 2021

ESA

Scientific provisions in the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee bill is largely similar to the House bill: The Fish and Wildlife Service receives $200 million for Endangered Species Act recovery plans and $9.7 6180 ) to incentivize removing invasive lionfish from the oceans. Executive Branch.

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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

On October 1, 2019, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals denied fossil fuel companies’ motion for a stay pending their appeal of the district court order remanding Baltimore’s climate change lawsuit against the companies to state court. Pursuant to a consent order, the remand order will not be entered until October 10, 2019.

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ESA Policy News: October 24, 2022

ESA

She is a founding member of ESA’s Traditional Ecological Knowledge section and was a plenary speaker at the 2019 Annual Meeting. NOAA – Public Comment of the Interagency Working Group on Ocean Acidification (IWG-OA). White House OSTP – Ocean Climate Action Plan. Comments are due Oct. Comments must be received on or before Nov.

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The U.S. Has Spent More Than $2 Billion on a Plan to Save Salmon. The Fish Are Vanishing Anyway.

Circle of Blue

Hatcheries like the Carson National Fish Hatchery, pictured here, breed millions of salmon and let them grow until they are mature enough to be released so they can try to swim to the ocean. Nearly 250 million young salmon, most of them from hatcheries, head to the ocean each year — roughly three times as many as before any dams were built.

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Federal Water Tap, September 7: New Federal Office Connects Climate Change and Health

Circle of Blue

from 2017 through 2019 for illnesses related to harmful algal blooms. 32 billion gallons per year : Water use for hydraulic fracturing in the Permian basin , averaged across the years 2010 to 2019. 32 billion gallons per year : Water use for hydraulic fracturing in the Permian basin , averaged across the years 2010 to 2019.