Readers of MARMAM may be interested in the following announcement regarding an Endangered Species Act listing petition for the insular stock of Hawaiian false killer whales, filed today by the Natural Resources Defense Council. A press release and the petition itself can be found at the link below. NRDC Asks Obama Administration to List Endangered Whale Species <http://www.nrdc.org/media/2009/090930a.asp> LOS ANGELES (September 30, 2009) - The Natural Resources Defense Council today called on the federal government to list the Hawaiian population of false killer whales as an endangered species and designate critical habitat to ensure its recovery under the Endangered Species Act. The Hawaiian false killer whale population is a small and ecologically unique population of 120 animals that has suffered a significant decline over the last 25 years. http://www.nrdc.org/media/2009/090930a.asp