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
October 31, 2023
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
October 24, 2023
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
October 20, 2023
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...]
Environmental Groups Demand Emergency Rules to Protect Whales
October 3, 2023
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A coalition of environmental groups is calling on the federal government to enact emergency rules to protect a vanishing … [Read more...]
New England Aquarium Applauds Historic Conservation Investment
September 22, 2023
BOSTON - The New England Aquarium is celebrating the recent announcement of a historic $82 million federal grant given to the National Oceanic and … [Read more...]
Scientists Say Ropeless Technology Could Help Save Right Whales
August 2, 2023
BOSTON - Scientists are calling for stronger measures to protect North Atlantic Right Whales following reports of an entangled right whale in Canadian … [Read more...]
Vanishing Whale’s Decline Worse than Previously Thought, Feds Say
July 18, 2023
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A review of the status of a vanishing species of whale found that the animal's population is in worse shape than previously … [Read more...]
Federal Court Sides with Lobster Fishers in Whale Protection Case
June 20, 2023
PORTLAND, ME (AP) - A federal appeals court has sided with commercial fishermen who say proposed restrictions aimed at saving a vanishing species of … [Read more...]
New England Waters Continue to be Important to Right Whales
June 4, 2023
HYANNIS - The New England Aquarium scientists surveyed over 102 individual North Atlantic right whales, a critically endangered species, during the … [Read more...]
