Undermining the rule will set a dangerous precedent that risks the survival of endangered right whales and countless other marine mammals and vulnerable species.
The Trump administration has taken aim at NOAA and the EPA. We’re ready to fight back.
Conservation groups applaud a First Circuit Court of Appeals decision reinstating a 2024 National Marine Fisheries Service rule that protects critically endangered North Atlantic right whales from fishing gear entanglements — one of two major threats to the species’ survival and recovery.
North Atlantic right whales are fascinating, majestic creatures. Get to know some remarkable facts about this critically endangered species.
Getting entangled in fishing gear is a major threat to right whales. Solutions are available.
Conservation groups are pushing for long-delayed federal action to finalize expanded vessel strike protections for critically endangered North Atlantic right whales.
Ship and boat strikes and entanglements in fishing gear are harming right whale families.
Seven guidelines for how North Atlantic right whales and offshore wind can share the sea as safely as possible.
Tracking and monitoring North Atlantic right whales can help scientists protect them, but stronger policies are needed.
“How many more right whales need to die before we stop the carnage?” said Erica Fuller, senior counsel at the Conservation Law Foundation. “We have a solution — a seasonal 10 knot vessel speed restriction. Yet the Biden administration continues to condone policies that are driving the species toward extinction.”
