MANATEE APPRECIATION DAY
Categories: Animals, Fish, Insects, Birds & Environment, Space & The Outdoors
Location: United States
Type of Event: Daily Event
Updated: May 06, 2024
Location: United States
Type of Event: Daily Event
Updated: May 06, 2024
About Manatee Appreciation Day
Manatee Appreciation Day occurs on the last Wednesday of March. Manatees are marine mammals that look a little like the merging of seals and walruses combined and inhabit rivers, canals, saltwater bays, estuaries, and coastal areas along the Southeastern United States. They spend the winter in Florida and migrate north to Virginia and Texas in the summer months. The advent of power boats which often collide with the gentle beasts and over hunting in the past for their meet, oil (fat) and hides has placed the Manatee on the Endangered Species List.
In 1972, the manatee was designated a marine mammal protected under the Federal Marine Mammal Protection Act. By 1979 then governor of Florida Bob Graham declared November Manatee Awareness Month, thus authorizing the first state-designated protection zones for the marine mammal. In 1980 the US Congress followed suit with a $100,000 allocation to the Marine Mammal Commission and the development of the initial Federal Manatee Recovery Plan by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
In 1972, the manatee was designated a marine mammal protected under the Federal Marine Mammal Protection Act. By 1979 then governor of Florida Bob Graham declared November Manatee Awareness Month, thus authorizing the first state-designated protection zones for the marine mammal. In 1980 the US Congress followed suit with a $100,000 allocation to the Marine Mammal Commission and the development of the initial Federal Manatee Recovery Plan by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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See Jimmy Buffet's Save the Manatee Club for information
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