Inside Climate News: U.S. Bans on Certain Foreign Fish Imports Could Help Conserve Marine Mammals Worldwide, Experts Say

It’s widely agreed that the United States has the most aggressive and successful regulations in place to conserve marine mammals. The majority of those are the result of the 53-year-old Marine Mammal Protection Act, which has helped safeguard animals such as whales, seals and otters from the detrimental impacts of fishing, pollution and overhunting. Now, the Trump administration will enforce this law on fish imports from other nations. In August, the National Marine Fisheries Service determined that certain fisheries in more than 40 nations do not meet marine mammal protection standards — and will not be allowed to export their catches to the U.S. until they do. More INFO.