NOAA has withdrawn vessel speed rule changes aimed at strengthening protections for North Atlantic right whales, drawing ...

The proposed changes, which they argued could hurt the fishing and boating industries and other related businesses.

NOAA Fisheries is responsible for science-based management of Alaska’s commercial fisheries in federal waters through the ...

NOAA Fisheries on Wednesday announced it is tabling a proposal to strengthen protections for critically endangered North Atlantic right whales against vessel strikes ... the world's longest-running ...

Stay 500 yards away, about the length of five football fields. This regulation applies to vessels, aircraft, drones and ...

Federal regulators are abandoning a proposal to expand ocean speed limits that were designed to protect North Atlantic right ...

Nantucket leaders' fear about the economic effect of proposed vessel speed limits are backed by a new study. Limits are ...

The federal government is withdrawing a proposal that would require more ships to slow down in East Coast waters to try to ...

The Rhode Island-based organization has been at odds with conservation groups and the NOAA over data collected on the ... "We've done a fair amount of research into that in terms of the vessel traffic ...

Two humpback whales were rescued in separate incidents by disentangling them from lines in waters off Maui at the Hawaiian ...

Conservation groups expressed anger and frustration at today’s announcement by NOAA Fisheries that it is withdrawing a ...