A North Atlantic federal whale protection program was ruled legal by a federal appeals court Thursday after a lower court ...

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

As the future of offshore wind energy remains up in the air, proponents and opponents of offshore wind have found common ...

The organization's Marine Animal Rescue and Response Team was busier in the first nine months of 2024 than all of 2023, ...

As dozens of North Atlantic right whales continue to group near Jeffreys Ledge, marine officials are urging lobster fishermen to remove nearby fishing gear and said they will not be enforcing state ...

The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), part of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), will ...

Despite its best efforts, NMFS does not have sufficient time to finalize this regulation in this Administration due to the ...

From SamWalkerOBXNews.com Federal regulators on Wednesday withdrew proposed changes to vessel speed limit rules intended to ...

If any of the whales become entangled in Maine gear, it could worsen regulations lobstermen say are already too strict.

The rule would have limited boats as small as 35 feet to 10 knots when North Atlantic right whales were migrating through ...

The rule was proposed in August 2022 with the goal of limiting the number of North Atlantic right whale deaths. The whales, the agency said, were at high risk of being hit by vessels because they ...