US regulators drop proposal that would have made boats slow down to protect whales
NC charter fishermen and officials expressed concern that the rule, intended to protect endangered North Atlantic right ...
Maui Now1d
Biden-Harris Administration, NOAA designate 18th National Marine Sanctuary
Located in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Papahānaumokuākea National Marine Sanctuary will provide additional ways to manage and protect the area’s nationally significant biological, cultural and ...
NOAA dumps controversial boat speed limit at heart of debate over protecting right whales
After two years of debate and 90,000 public comments, NOAA withdrew a contentious boat speed rule aimed at Atlantic right whale conservation.
NOAA withdrew its boat speed limit proposal. What does this mean for the whales it meant to protect?
After conservationists pushed for more, NOAA Fisheries withdrew a proposal that would have expanded boat speed limits and ...