Federal lawmakers from the U.S. state of Florida have introduced legislation to block NOAA Fisheries from closing the ...

Shortly before Trump’s inauguration, a federal agency withdrew a proposal to protect North Atlantic right whales from vessel ...

NOAA has withdrawn vessel speed rule changes aimed at strengthening protections for North Atlantic right whales, drawing ...

After conservationists pushed for more, NOAA Fisheries withdrew a proposal that would have expanded boat speed limits and ...

NOAA Fisheries is responsible for science-based management of Alaska’s commercial fisheries in federal waters through the ...

Faced with increasing operational demands and a rapidly evolving technological landscape, NOAA Fisheries is transforming how ...

The proposed speed limits would have impacted all ferry service to Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket, as well as ferries from ...

NOAA Fisheries wants to impose seasonal fishing restrictions on 55 species off Florida’s Atlantic coast to advance the recovery of red snapper, whose populations have suffered from overfishing.

The U.S. government has signed a legal agreement to settle a lawsuit filed by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), ...

It is the first humpback death reported off New York beaches this year, according to NOAA Fisheries. There were 11 humpback deaths reported last year, NOAA Fisheries' website says. The deaths are ...

He said the calf was only alive for a "handful of days.” In this photo provided by NOAA Fisheries, the orca known as J35 (Tahlequah) carries the carcass of her dead calf in the waters of Puget ...