Some data, such as huge sound files of marine mammal vocalizations, remain onboard for future retrieval.
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Richard O' Barry is the World Society for the Protection of Animals' marine mammal specialist.
That according to marine mammal special Brent Norberg, of the Federal Fishery Service.
Dr Shannon Fowler, 32, from California, is a marine mammal biologist and lectures to the passengers on board Explorer.
There are no exemptions in the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and those in other statutes are cumbersome, time-consuming and impractical.
From 1987 to 1990, Dr. Fox was a Member of the U.S. Marine Mammal Commission, serving as Chair from 1988 to 1990.
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Today, there are established centers at marine mammal facilities to de-oil otters.
Because this animal is an endangered marine mammal, the fisheries service, a division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, is charged with designing a recovery plan.
The first results are published in the journal Marine Mammal Science.
In addition, a wide range of laws protecting wildlife and plants, including the Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act, also were significant accomplishments.
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Meanwhile, the House Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans began hearings Tuesday on the effectiveness of the 1972 Marine Mammal Protection Act to evaluate what changes should be enacted during this year's reauthorization.
These fanatics are using the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act and other environmental laws to impose more and more restrictions on how the military can utilize its bases for training and testing.
Emergency personnel gathered in New York Friday alongside the canal, which borders Brooklyn's Red Hook neighborhood, in an effort to rescue the marine mammal, which inadvertently had become trapped in the channel's muck and mud.
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Green zanies are utilizing the Marine Mammal Protection Act to prevent the Navy from developing and employing antisubmarine sys-tems that could detect the ever quieter diesel submarines operated by such "friendly" nations as North Korea and Iran.
Zoos and aquariums also assisted with sea otter rescue and recovery efforts after the Exxon Valdez oil spill and continue to assume leadership roles in helping the public understand the importance of protecting the sea otter, as well as making major contributions to ongoing marine mammal rescue and recovery programs.
"The estimated mortality comes to more than 30 animals per year, and having a population that is only 150 - you can imagine that the population will not survive if nothing is done, " said Lorenzo Rojas-Bracho, Mexico's IWC commissioner and the head of the national marine mammal research and conservation programme.
' And as for whether an actual squid should ever marry a whale, I think most marine biologists, and even Dr. Phil, will tell you a 60-foot mollusk and a large mammal have no chance at a long-term relationship.
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