Sea mammals find US safe harbor – “We have seen remarkable recoveries” “There isn’t enough research,”
n 1972, a U.S. Senate committee reported, “Many of the great whales which once populated the oceans have now dwindled to the edge of extinction,” due to commercial hunting. In October of that year, Congress passed the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Four decades later, new research shows that the law is working. Yeah? 
Some marine mammals, like endangered right whales, continue to be in deep trouble, but other populations “particularly seals and sea lions, have recovered to or near their carrying capacity,” the scientists write. continued
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