A federal appeals court is reinstating rules designed to protect a vanishing whale species from entanglement in fishing gear.

Conservation groups are praising a recent decision to reinstate protections for endangered North Atlantic right whales in a ...

In his message, Kehiler warned lobstermen that any entanglements linked to Maine fishing gear could lead to further ...

Three conservation groups, the Conservation Law Foundation, Defenders of Wildlife, and Whale and Dolphin Conservation, ...

As dozens of North Atlantic right whales continue to group near Jeffreys Ledge, officials have urged fishermen to remove some ...

He added that the Maine Marine Patrol ... confirmed the first case of lobster fishing gear directly causing a right whale death in October. Though the recommendations are voluntary, Keliher ...

“I cannot predict what will happen if Maine gear entangles a right whale, however it is possible that resulting federal regulatory restrictions on the Maine lobster fishery could be catastrophic ...

The North Atlantic right whale is one of the rarest of all large ... which is a raised underwater feature along the coast of New Hampshire and Maine. Most of them were feeding deep under water.

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 ...

More than 75 endangered North Atlantic right whales, about 20 percent of the total population, were spotted off the coast of New Hampshire and Maine this ... shifts in right whale habitat use ...