Turtle Island Restoration Network: Save The Marine Mammal Protection Act

A dangerous draft bill in Congress would gut the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), one of our strongest conservation laws. It would drastically weaken protections for whales, dolphins, manatees, and seals by lowering conservation standards from “healthy populations” to mere “survival,” stripping science-based limits on harm from industrial activities, delaying critical protections for endangered species like the North Atlantic right whale, and undermining global efforts to reduce marine mammal bycatch. This is not a modernization of the MMPA. Rather, it’s a full-scale rollback that will threaten the lives of countless marine mammals. Take action today to urge members of the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries to protect marine mammals by opposing this draft bill. Action HERE.