NOAA Releases Offshore Wind Strategy to Avoid Dangers for Endangered Whales

MARTHA'S VINEYARD - NOAA Fisheries and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) have announced their final joint strategy to protect endangered … [Read more...]

Recent Aquarium Research Highlights Importance Of Speed Restrictions To Right Whale Conservation

BOSTON - Newly published research by the New England Aquarium highlights the importance of vessel speed restrictions for protecting endangered North … [Read more...]

New England Aquarium Pushes For Increased Regulations Following Injury To Right Whale Calf

BOSTON - The New England Aquarium is urging increased regulatory measures to protect North Atlantic right whales in light of a NOAA report that a … [Read more...]

NOAA Announces MITRE Partnership to Help Whales

HYANNIS - NOAA Fisheries has announced an almost $10 million dollar partnership with non-profit company MITRE to advance technologies and engineering … [Read more...]

Public Comment Period Opens For Maryland Wind Program

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

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...]

North Atlantic Right Whale Mother and Calf Seen Feeding

BARNSTABLE - North Atlantic right whales, an endangered species that frequent Cape Cod waters, are on the move this season and a recent sighting of … [Read more...]

Officials Urging Support for Vessel Speed Restrictions

BARNSTABLE - The International Fund for Animal Welfare is seeking support for vessel speed restrictions to help protect North Atlantic Right … [Read more...]

New Analytical Tool Suggests Drastic Action Is Needed To Save Right Whales

BOSTON - NOAA Fisheries recently unveiled a comprehensive population viability analysis for endangered right whales, a tool that indicates vessel … [Read more...]

Report: Ships Largely Ignoring Slow Zones Meant to Protect Whales

HYANNIS - According to a report by environmental group Oceana, more than 80 percent of vessels are speeding through slow-zones enacted to protect … [Read more...]



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