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Viewpoints: Feds must end 'walls of death' net fishing
March 09, 2012

Marine Mammals Videos

Doing our part to keep our marine neighbors safe
July 25, 2011 | WWSB ABC 7 Tampa, FL

New red tide research under way at Mote Marine Laboratory
June 10, 2011 | WWSB ABC 7 Tampa, FL

Bed for dolphins helping the sick
July 26, 2010 | WFTS ABC 28 Tampa, FL

Marine Mammals Wikipedia Information

A marine mammal is a mammal that is primarily ocean-dwelling or depends on the ocean for its food. Mammals originally evolved on land, but later marine mammals evolved to live back in the ocean. There are five groups of marine mammals:

Order Sirenia: the manatee, dugong.
Order Carnivora, family Ursidae: the polar bear
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NOAA asks boaters to watch out for whales returning to South Coast
May 23, 2012
May 22, 2012 - Blue and humpback whales started showing up this month in large numbers to feed in the nutrient-rich waters of National Oceanic and Atmospheric...

Toxic mercury, accumulating in the Arctic, springs from a hidden source
May 21, 2012
The Lena River delta. The Lena is one of several major rivers that flows northward into the Arctic Ocean. (False-color satellite image courtesy of NASA.) ...

Increase in Arctic shipping poses risk to marine mammals
March 16, 2012
NEW YORK (March 16, 2012) - A rapid increase in shipping in the formerly ice-choked waterways of the Arctic poses a significant increase in risk to the region's...

State officials skeptical of need for sea lion euthanizations
April 10, 2012
April 10, 2012 - A third salmon-eating California sea lion was captured and killed yesterday at the Bonneville Dam in Washington. Two sea lions were captured and...

U.S. District Court Ruling Could Allow State Wildlife Agencies to Kill 460 Federally Protected California Sea Lions in WA and OR
March 23, 2012
Mother Sea Lion with pup. Photo: AFP March 22, 2012 - There is a court case currently taking place which could have a serious...

Humane Society and Wild Fish Conservancy File Suit to Stop Illegal Sea Lion Killing at Bonneville Dam
March 19, 2012
WASHINGTON (March 19, 2012) — The Humane Society of the United States, Wild Fish Conservancy and two individual plaintiffs filed suit in federal court, seeking...

Other local news reports

Central coast fireworks shows will go on
June 28, 2011 | FresnoBee.com: Local
WASHINGTON - Watch out, marine mammals. Here come the California coastal fireworks. Read comments ...

From around the web

Stranded Dolphin Attempts to Reenact Free Willy on Smaller Dolphin Scale [ Animals...
April 28, 2012 | Gawker
Actually, this is nothing like Free Willy, but when you think of marine mammals and miraculous rescues, what other film springs to mind? More>> ...

Bill would keep controversial' no- otter zone' in place
April 27, 2012 | Los Angeles Times
the threatened marine mammals and endangered abalone recover and that the commercial... the threatened marine mammals would compromise commercial fishing and military training...

Check out what's new at the Blank Park Zoo
March 17, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
Also new is the $1.3-million sea lion and harbor seal exhibit, a 130,000-gallon pool that gives visitors a view of the pinnipeds, or marine mammals, found there from a lookout...

NOAA looks at effects of oil and gas on Arctic marine mammals
December 22, 2011 | Washington
NOAA today released its draft study of what offshore oil and gas activities in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas north of Alaska will mean for marine mammals. Find a link to the...

In La Jolla people- versus- seals battle, tide has yet to turn
January 08, 2012 | Los Angeles Times
Fans of the marine mammals want to restrict access to the Children's Pool beach. Divers and swimmers say that's not fair. City Council is sick of the whole issue. On the...

Dozens of killer whales thrill Southern California sightseers
January 20, 2012 | Los Angeles Times
Whale-watching vessels report seeing 20 to 40 of the marine mammals, also known as orcas, swimming up the coast from Dana Point to Long Beach. Tour boats were buzzing with...

Marine Mammals on twitter

	Marine mammals such as dolphins, are eaten in the MAJORITY of the world, not minority. http://t.co/xkaFXJxk #Tweet4Taiji Twitter: @Sea_Walrus
	NOT eating marine mammals is the minority in the world. Most countries do! http://t.co/xkaFXJxk #Tweet4Taiji Twitter: @Sea_Walrus
	MORE THAN HALF the countries in the world eat marine mammals. #Tweet4Taiji http://t.co/xkaFXJxk Twitter: @Sea_Walrus
	Most countries DO eat marine mammals. #Tweet4Taiji http://t.co/xkaFXJxk Twitter: @Sea_Walrus
	#Dolphins are #Intelligent animals #Marine #Mammals closely related to #Whales (#Orcas) and #Porpoises #Oceans #Fish http://t.co/72XlOXpb Twitter: @quantum2050
	MOST (More than half) of all the countries in the world eat marine mammals. #Tweet4Taiji you are the minority. http://t.co/xkaFXJxk Twitter: @Sea_Walrus

YouTube Videos

How marine mammals survive underwater life - BBC wildlife
May 27, 2008

Protecting Alaska's Arctic Marine Mammals | Pew
January 10, 2012

Microworlds - "What Do Marine Mammals Eat?"
March 23, 2011

Marine Mammals Books

Baja Adventure Book
Walt Peterson, $13.79

Dolphin Diaries: My 25 Years with Spotted Dolphins in the Bahamas
Denise L. Herzing, $13.73

Point Reyes: The Complete Guide to the National Seashore & Surrounding Area
Jessica Lage, $11.96

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