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

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

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

NOAA has withdrawn vessel speed rule changes aimed at strengthening protections for North Atlantic right whales, drawing ...

From SamWalkerOBXNews.com Federal regulators on Wednesday withdrew proposed changes to vessel speed limit rules intended to ...

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

MAINE, USA — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has withdrawn a proposed regulation intended to protect the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale from vessel strikes ...

“We’re grateful to NOAA for listening to our concerns about their proposed changes to the North Atlantic right whale vessel speed rule. This decision is good news for residents and businesses ...

NOAA Fisheries on Wednesday announced it is tabling a proposal to strengthen protections for critically endangered North Atlantic right whales against vessel strikes. For researchers at the New ...

The withdrawal does not preclude NOAA from taking future action, including but not limited to initiating a new rule, to address ongoing lethal right whale vessel strikes. Legal disputes offshore ...