Defenders' Experts
Cook Inlet Beluga Whale
Alaska’s Cook Inlet beluga whales are a unique group of white
whales whose numbers have dramatically declined in the past two decades due to
pressures ranging
from pollution to increased ship traffic.
Cook Inlet Beluga Whales Finally Protected!
October 17, 2008 - Today after a 6 month delay, the National Marine Fisheries Service announced its long anticipated decision to list the Cook Inlet beluga whale population as endangered under the Endangered Species Act.
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In the Field
Defenders of Wildlife worked closely with a coalition of local and national environmental groups and scientists to get an “endangered” listing for the Cook Inlet Beluga.
Management and Policy
Defenders successfully called on the National Marine Fisheries Service to list the Cook Inlet Beluga as “endangered” under the Endangered Species Act.
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