California Governor Jerry Brown has sign into law a fresh throwaway thatoutlaws the breeding of killer hulk in captivity , while also making it illegal for any individual or organisation to force the fauna to execute in show for amusement purposes .

The law is plain directed at SeaWorld , which has come under flack since 2013 , when the button of the documentary filmBlackfishrevealed theshocking conditionsin which the park ’s orcas are kept , and the psychological damage this has caused to the giant .

The fresh greenback , entitled SB839 , was first proposed by Democrat   Richard Bloom back in April , and allows for fines of up to $ 100,000 to be place on those who break the price of the law . Under these term , educational institutions hold back the right to multiply orcas for the purposes of inquiry and rehabilitation , while organization like SeaWorld will still be able-bodied to use sea wolf whales in educational presentations .

In the fallout from the Blackfish revelations , SeaWorld announced in March of this year that it would beterminating its orca breeding programand show , and   this raw law assure that it can not go back on that hope . The signing of the banknote follows on from adecisionmade in 2015 by the California Coastal Commission to ban SeaWorld from using its newly - expand tanks to spawn whales .

In reply , SeaWorld released astatementexplaining that the legislation is in keeping with its own commitment of   secure “ no more orca genteelness in California and to supersede theatrical shows with education - found confrontation . ” The ship’s company , which still owns 24 Orcinus orca , says that because these whales have expend their entire lives in captivity , they would not be able to survive if released into the state of nature , and will therefore remain at the park where they will participate in these educational displays .

Set to start out at SeaWorld San Diego next yr before expanding to the company ’s other parks in 2019 , the presentations are state to “ reverberate the instinctive Earth and will focus on the inquiry , education , worry and deference that align with our mission to advance the well - being and conservation of these beautiful creatures . ”

SeaWorld also says that the fresh law does not prevent it from rescuing and rehabilitating stranded Orcinus orca whales .