article_snippet.sent: However, even those deemed ‘not at risk’ would still be protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
article_snippet.sent: And in a letter accompanying a petition on the change, the president of the Waialua Boat Club on Oahu, Hawaii said the reclassification was needed to protect the ‘integrity’ of the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
article_snippet.sent: ‘The integrity of the Marine Mammal Protection Act is at stake here and by not delisting a recovered species, an ESA becomes suspect, as something other than what an ESA was intended.
article_snippet.sent: ’ Andy Pool, Head of The Sea Life Trust, added:
article_snippet.sent: ’ And Carl Chapman, from the Norfolk Cetacean Recorder, told MailOnline: