Environmental activist group Sea Shepherd announced that it has submitted a petition for emergency rulemaking demanding that the U.S. government cease importing seafood from New Zealand in order to protect the Māui dolphin.
The Māui dolphin, found off the west coast of the north island in New Zealand, is one of the rarest marine mammals in the world: The scientific committee of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) estimates that just 57 estimated remain. According to Sea Shepherd, the dolphin is on the path to extinction if bycatch by New Zealand vessels continues to affect its numbers…