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October 1, 2021

Oceana Says U.S. Government Violates International Trade Agreement by Failing to Protect Critically Endangered North Atlantic Right Whales

WASHINGTON — Today, Oceana filed the first-ever Submission on Enforcement Matters against the U.S. government under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). Oceana says the government has violated the USMCA by failing to enforce its environmental laws to protect critically … Read more

August 31, 2021

Feds Release Final Regulations that Fail to Protect North Atlantic Right Whales from Deadly Fishing Gear Entanglements

Today, the National Marine Fisheries Service released a long-awaited final rule that is intended to reduce the risk of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales becoming entangled in fishing gear … Read more

July 21, 2021

Oceana Finds Most Vessels Exceeding Speed Limits in Areas Designed to Protect Endangered North Atlantic Right Whales Along U.S. Atlantic Coast

Today, Oceana released a new report finding that most vessels are exceeding speed limits in areas designed to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales, of which only around 360 remain. Oceana analyzed vessel speeds from 2017 to 2020 in speed zones established by the National Oceanic and … Read more

January 28, 2021

Massachusetts Adopts New Measures to Protect North Atlantic Right Whales from Fishing Gear Entanglements

BOSTON — Today the Massachusetts Marine Fisheries Advisory Commission approved new measures for its state lobster fishery to better protect North Atlantic right whales from deadly fishing gear entanglements. The new regulations could be active on the water as soon... Read More

January 21, 2021

NOAA Says Current Efforts to Protect North Atlantic Right Whales from Deadly Vessel Strikes Not Enough

NOAA Fisheries today published an assessment of regulations issued in 2008 to reduce deadly vessel strikes with endangered North Atlantic right whales, of which only about 360 remain. In its report, NOAA... Read More

December 31, 2020

NOAA Fisheries Issues Proposed Rule to Reduce Impacts of Fishing Gear on North Atlantic Right Whales

NOAA Fisheries published a proposed rule today that is intended to reduce entanglements in fishing gear in the U.S. American lobster and crab fisheries to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales. Entanglement in fishing... Read More

October 27, 2020

New Estimate Finds North Atlantic Right Whale Population Plummeting

Contact (Oceana): Dustin Cranor, APR, dcranor@oceana.org, 954.348.1314Contact (Oceana Canada): Lesley Wilmot, lwilmot@oceana.ca, 416.583.2352A new estimate from NOAA Fisheries finds the North Atlantic right whale... Read More

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