The federal government is withdrawing proposed rules that would have required more ships to slow down in East Coast waters to ...

As dozens of North Atlantic right whales continue to group near Jeffreys Ledge, marine officials are urging lobster fishermen to remove nearby fishing gear and said they will not be enforcing state ...

MAINE, USA — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has withdrawn a proposed regulation intended to protect the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale from vessel strikes ...

The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) Lobster Board previously delayed a proposed gauge size increase – ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Fishing regulators on Friday scrapped a plan for stricter fishing rules amid concerns about a decline in baby lobsters in the warming waters off New England. The ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The federal government is withdrawing a proposal that would require more ships to slow down in East Coast waters to try to save a vanishing species of whale, officials said ...