As dozens of North Atlantic right whales continue to group near Jeffreys Ledge, officials have urged fishermen to remove some ...

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

A federal appeals court is reinstating rules designed to protect a vanishing whale species from entanglement in fishing gear.

Three conservation groups, the Conservation Law Foundation, Defenders of Wildlife, and Whale and Dolphin Conservation, ...

The North Atlantic right whale is one of the rarest of all large ... which is a raised underwater feature along the coast of New Hampshire and Maine. Most of them were feeding deep under water.

More than 75 endangered North Atlantic right whales, about 20 percent of the total population, were spotted off the coast of New Hampshire and Maine this ... shifts in right whale habitat use ...

Dozens of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales were spotted in the Gulf of Maine this week ... NMFS Permit #25739 Nimbus the right whale The report triggered the National Oceanic ...

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

Conservation groups are praising a recent decision to reinstate protections for endangered North Atlantic right whales in a ...

In his message, Kehiler warned lobstermen that any entanglements linked to Maine fishing gear could lead to further restrictions on commercial fishing operations to protect the whales. Most recently, ...

He added that the Maine Marine Patrol ... confirmed the first case of lobster fishing gear directly causing a right whale death in October. Though the recommendations are voluntary, Keliher ...