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
Oregon Fish and Wildlife officials released a draft conservation plan that aims to protect endangered whales and sea turtles from entanglement in Oregon’s commercial Dungeness crab fishery. In recent years, whales and sea … Read more
Today, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) issued their Biennial Report to Congress on international fisheries management, including illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing and bycatch. This year’s report identifies seven nations for activities related to IUU fishing and 29 countries for … Read more
New polling released Wednesday found that 93% of Californians think plastics and marine debris are a problem. The results of the annual survey — known as the “Californians and the … Read more
The Biden-Harris Administration has expanded critical habitat for endangered Southern Resident orcas along the outer coast of Washington, Oregon and as far south as Point Sur, California. The newly designated … Read more
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to approve the fiscal year 2022 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies funding bill. The bill includes language restricting the Bureau of Ocean Energy … Read more
Today, Rep. Jared Huffman (CA-02) — chair of the Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee — and Rep. Ed Case (HI-01) introduced legislation to reauthorize … Read more
