The Jan. 30 online auction is the first of several this year. Here are the plates available and their starting prices.

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

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

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

A recent decision by the U.S. government to drop a proposed rule aimed at protecting endangered North Atlantic right whales ...

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

The whales were seen “in all directions: at the surface, swimming, and diving,” said Kate Laemmle, associate research ...

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

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 ...

NOAA has withdrawn vessel speed rule changes aimed at strengthening protections for North Atlantic right whales, drawing ...

Southern right whales can live to be more than 130 years old — which is decades longer than previously thought, according to ...