NOAA Fisheries has established a federal task force to address the problem of humpback whales becoming entangled in ...

The move follows a court order requiring the agency to tackle increasing cases of whales caught in fishing lines along the West Coast.

In a ruling, Judge Josephine Staton of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California told NOAA to release 77 ...

A rare seabird is recovering from a successful and life-saving surgery. A fisherman from Anconcito, Ecuador, found the ...

Officials have shut down early the remote krill fishery near Antarctica after trawling for the tiny crustacean — a vital food source for whales that also helps fight climate change — exceeded the ...

Alaska’s commercial Bering Sea snow crab fishery kicked off its second season of the year with doubled catch limits – a ...

“I was certainly impressed about the sheer numbers. And in terms of economic output, $832 million of economic activity in the ...

If you have valuable input on fishing infrastructure improvements across Terrebonne Parish, tomorrow is the time to make your ...

Commercial Tanner crab fisheries around Kodiak will be closed going into next year. That's after the Alaska Department of ...

The annual meeting of the international body responsible for conservation of the marine ecosystems in the Southern Ocean ...

Conservation groups have slammed moves to reclassify Australia's orange roughy fishery as sustainable under the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification guidelines. NGOs say the fishery is not ...