Cuvier's Beaked Whale

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service declined a petition Friday to list Cuvier’s beaked whales in the Gulf of Mexico as threatened or endangered, finding their population is not isolated from others and protection is therefore unwarranted.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service declined a petition Friday to list Cuvier’s beaked whales in the Gulf of Mexico as threatened or endangered, finding their population is not isolated from others and protection is therefore unwarranted.

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