Many of you may want to become involved in one way or another with marine mammals such as sea otters, seals, manatees, or whales. Interest in marine mammals has also been generated by the underwater movies of Jacques Cousteau, publicity pleading for protection of endangered whales, or simply scientific curiosity. Through nature programs and media exposure, the general public has become aware of many dangers facing the habitat and populations of marine mammals. To protect species of marine mammals from over exploitation.
Marine mammals have relatively low rates of net reproduction.
For example, most of the speices of baleen whales were over-exploited from the 17th to early 20th centuries. Some educators are teachers, while others are outdoor writers, curators of public aquariums, professional photographers, or nature guides employed by ecotourism companies for tours of the marine environment. There is much interest in gaining knowledge about marine mammals in their natural environment and there is still a great deal to learn about marine mammals. Also, researchers examining the communication of marine mammals often work with individual marine mammals in a training environment. This site was created by Laura Drumm and the National Marine Mammal Laboratory .