expanded seasonal slow zones to account for known right whale habitat and made reactive slow zones mandatory, not voluntary.

In New Jersey, the zone would have been in effect from Nov. 1 to May 1, a time when the right whale migrates off the coast here. The effort was aimed to reduce vessel strikes to the critically ...

Two more North Atlantic right whale calves have been sighted off the coast of the southeastern U.S., bringing the total number of calves so far this calving sea ...

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

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

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

The U.S. government recently dropped a proposed rule aimed at protecting the endangered North Atlantic right whale, a ...

The most famous fictional tale about a whale is, of course, Moby Dick. Captain Ahab is obsessed with finding and killing the ...

An anti-offshore wind group is petitioning the federal government to establish a safe corridor for critically endangered ...

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