Conservation Groups Applaud National Marine Fisheries Service Decision ANCHORAGE, Alaska— Today the National Marine Fisheries Service announced its long-awaited decision to list the Cook Inlet beluga whale population as “endangered” under the federal Endangered Species Act. The Cook Inlet beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) is a genetically distinct and geographically isolated population whose numbers have plummeted [...]
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