In a bid to protect North Atlantic right whales, many scientists are promoting alternative lobster fishing gear that ...

Reversing a lower court’s decision, the Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated the protections. Federal ...

A marine scientist, a politician and a lobsterman walk onto a dock. Together, in frigid wind chill, they're pulling ...

Gov. Janet Mills announced Tuesday that Maine Department of Marine Resources Commissioner Patrick Keliher will leave the ...

The Ocean City buoy operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and University of Maryland Center for Environmental ...

PORTLAND, Maine — Commercial fishermen who hoped ... fishing gear is one of the biggest threats to the North Atlantic right whale, which numbers less than 380 and is in decline.

Pat Keliher has served as commissioner for the Department of Marine Resources for 14 years, the longest anyone has held that ...

Seafood Watch downgraded the rating of Maine’s most valuable catch in 2022 to address industry impacts on the endangered North Atlantic right whale. Seafood Watch had originally designated the f ...

Maine's whale watching season lasts from mid-April ... humpbacks, blue whales, right whales and more. If you do not see any whales during your voyage, First Chance will provide you with a pass ...

Using underwater microphones and machine learning (ML), researchers have developed a new method to estimate North Atlantic right whale numbers -- offering a potentially safer and more cost-effective ...

To report a right whale sighting from Virginia to Maine, or a dead, injured or entangled whale, contact NOAA Fisheries at (866) 755-6622 or the Coast Guard on marine VHF channel 16. EMU ON THE ...

Court Restores Protections for Endangered Whale Species to Prevent Entanglement in Fishing Gear PORTLAND, Maine (AP ... threats to the North Atlantic right whale, which numbers less than ...