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Biden Administration Protects Endangered Pacific Humpback Whale Habitat


For Immediate Release,
April 20, 2021
Contact:
Todd Steiner, Turtle Island Restoration Network, (415) 488-7652, tsteiner@seaturtles.org
Luhui Isha, Wishtoyo Foundation, (805) 729-7692, luhuiisha@wishtoyo.org
Biden Administration Protects Endangered Pacific Humpback Whale Habitat
Final Rule Designates 116,098 Square Nautical Miles as Critical Habitat
SAN FRANCISCO The Biden administration issued a final rule today protecting 116,098 square nautical miles of the Pacific Ocean as critical habitat for three populations of endangered humpback whales. The rule could begin to help protect migrating whales from ship strikes, entanglement in fishing gear, and oil spills.
The action was prompted by a 2018 legal victory by the Center for Biological Diversity, Wishtoyo Foundation and Turtle Island Restoration Network. The groups had sued over the federal failure to designate critical habitat as required by the Endangered Species Act. T ....

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