Conservation groups are concerned that the endangered right whale is vulnerable to extinction as the Trump administration ...

have been injured or killed by collisions with vessels along the East coast. In August 2022, the National Marine Fisheries Service proposed rules to lower the risk of whale strikes by expanding ...

The National Marine Fisheries Service withdrew a proposal to extend the East Coast speed limit rules protecting endangered ... measures in right whale calving areas off the southeast U.S. states. The ...

The National Marine Fisheries Service rule would have required any ... for a decision on the vessel strike reduction rule, our East Coast has become a graveyard for North Atlantic right whales.

On January 16, 2025, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) formally withdrew its August 1, 2022, Notice of Proposed ...

A federal rule proposed by the National ... the East Coast — from Massachusetts to Florida and including North Carolina — has been withdrawn by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS).

The new vessel speed rules proposed by the National Marine Fisheries ... off the East Coast as well as the size classes of boats and ships that must slow down. The fisheries service received ...

New Bedford still ranks as the top commercial fishing port by value as recently as 2022, according to figures released by the ...

The State of New Hampshire has been notified by the National Marine Fisheries Service of a vacancy for New Hampshire’s obligatory seat on the New England Fishery Management Council (NEFMC). NEFMC is ...

Since 2017, elevated minke whale mortalities have occurred along the East Coast of the United States. The deaths have ... Newsweek reached out to the Atlantic Marine Conservation Society via ...

The Center has repeatedly litigated to safeguard sea turtles from commercial fishing practices off the West and East coasts of the United States and in Hawaii ... time we make progress, the National ...