In his message, Kehiler warned lobstermen that any entanglements linked to Maine fishing gear could lead to further ...

BOSTON - About 75 North Atlantic right whales, representing about 20% of the critically endangered species' population ...

After two years of debate and 90,000 public comments, NOAA withdrew a contentious boat speed rule aimed at Atlantic right whale conservation.

Shortly before Trump’s inauguration, a federal agency withdrew a proposal to protect North Atlantic right whales from vessel ...

Federal regulators are abandoning a proposal to expand ocean speed limits that were designed to protect North Atlantic right whales. The whales, which give birth off Georgia’s coast in the winter, are ...

A proposal to lower speed limits on waterways — boat strikes kill a large number of the whales — was dropped in face of next administration.

NOAA has withdrawn a proposal to expand protection of endangered right whales that give birth off the Georgia coast.

Conservationists have pushed for additional right whale protections for decades. Now, they find themselves, and the whales they’re ... really big — that is the size of a school bus.

The changes NOAA initially proposed in July 2022 would have expanded the size ... right whales has seen a slight increase in recent years, with the latest estimate from the the North Atlantic ...