{"id":176327,"date":"2025-08-21T17:26:28","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T17:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/?p=176327"},"modified":"2025-08-21T17:27:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T17:27:07","slug":"join-us-in-defending-the-marine-mammal-protection-act-of-1972","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/index.php\/general\/join-us-in-defending-the-marine-mammal-protection-act-of-1972\/","title":{"rendered":"Join us in defending the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-176328 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1-1-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"519\" height=\"519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1-1-1030x1030.png 1030w, https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1-1-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1-1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1-1-36x36.png 36w, https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1-1-180x180.png 180w, https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1-1-705x705.png 705w, https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1-1.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 519px) 100vw, 519px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">SCBNA\u2014part of the global Society for Conservation Biology, which represents nearly 3,000 members across six global regions\u2014is writing to express strong opposition to the proposed amendments to the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972. If passed, this legislation would roll back the foundational safeguards that have protected marine mammal populations for over 50 years, undermine ocean health, reverse decades of conservation success, and harm the coastal economies that depend on productive, resilient marine ecosystems.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/8.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-176329\" src=\"https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/8-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"523\" height=\"523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/8-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/8-1030x1030.png 1030w, https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/8-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/8-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/8-36x36.png 36w, https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/8-180x180.png 180w, https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/8-705x705.png 705w, https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/8.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 523px) 100vw, 523px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Read WHY and HOW we MUST protect the MMPA: https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SCBNA-MMPA-Letter.pdf<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Browse the full visual graphic: https:\/\/www.canva.com\/design\/DAGv5j7T7Ac\/aI681Udlb0qV-9RotLHD4w\/view?utm_content=DAGv5j7T7Ac&amp;utm_campaign=designshare&amp;utm_medium=link2&amp;utm_source=uniquelinks&amp;utlId=hb34edb3ca6<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Protect the MMPA TODAY!<br \/>\nPhone &amp; email your representatives &#8211;<br \/>\nfind yours: https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/members\/find-your-member<br \/>\nuse our scripts: https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1PLyBVxkrb8R-W8pFSw6Q4B9T51rHsgc8QAOH2M_VxkU\/edit?usp=sharing<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Follow our action toolkit to amplify on social media! https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1E9WHU5H6-Q6rok9TG5m5f8go0SAKP0NHBeHRkKro_t4\/edit?usp=sharing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SCBNA\u2014part of the global Society for Conservation Biology, which represents nearly 3,000 members across six global regions\u2014is writing to express strong opposition to the proposed amendments to the Marine Mammal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":176328,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[35,1,19,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-176327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-frontpage-article","category-general","category-news","category-policy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scbnorthamerica.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}