OAK BLUFFS - NOAA Fisheries recently finalized the designation of several areas surrounding regional offshore wind lease sites as a Habitat Area of … [Read more...]
NOAA Fisheries Designates Habitats Near Regional Offshore Wind Sites As Areas Of Concern
February 5, 2024
Public Comment Period Opens For Maryland Wind Program
January 5, 2024
HYANNIS - NOAA Fisheries of New England and the Mid-Atlantic has opened a 30-day public comment period regarding proposed incidental take regulations … [Read more...]
Effort to Support North Atlantic Right Whales Gets $4.6 Million Grant
January 2, 2024
BARNSTABLE - More than $4.6 million dollars is being awarded to the Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game’s Division of Marine Fisheries from a … [Read more...]
New Analytical Tool Suggests Drastic Action Is Needed To Save Right Whales
October 24, 2023
BOSTON - NOAA Fisheries recently unveiled a comprehensive population viability analysis for endangered right whales, a tool that indicates vessel … [Read more...]
NOAA Searching for Missing Whale Tags
May 17, 2023
HYANNIS - The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is asking for help from local residents to find two missing whale research tags. Each … [Read more...]
NOAA Testing Ropeless Lobster Fishing Gear
February 10, 2023
HYANNIS - Ropeless lobster fishing gear is being tested by federal officials off the coast of Massachusetts. NOAA's Northeast Fisheries Science … [Read more...]
NOAA Extends Limit on Fishing to Protect Whales
February 4, 2023
HYANNIS - The federal government has extended a ban that prohibits lobster and crab fishing in certain areas off of the coast of Massachusetts in an … [Read more...]
NOAA Says Entangled Right Whale “Likely To Die”
January 22, 2023
HYANNIS - The dwindling North Atlantic right whale population may suffer another loss. One of the whales was recently spotted with a severe … [Read more...]
WATCH: Rescued MA Sea Turtles Fly South for Rehabilitation
December 14, 2022
https://youtu.be/iahYSOocDRI WELLFLEET - With turtle stranding season underway on Cape Cod, 100 endangered sea turtles were recently flown from … [Read more...]
Whale Protection Regulations Criticized by Opposing Sides
September 29, 2021
HYANNIS - New federal regulations meant to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales are set to be instituted soon. But they're facing … [Read more...]
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