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Kristi West (left) and staff examine a deceased marine mammal in their necropsy lab
© Marine Mammal Stranding Lab
Faces of whale conservation in the Pacific Islands
NOAA Fisheries is responsible for the stewardship of the nation's ocean resources, and this includes various species of cetaceans, which are protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act, as well as, for some species, the Endangered Species Act.