Learn more. A federal regulatory agency has confirmed that the right whale found dead on Martha’s Vineyard in January had been tangled in Maine lobstering gear. It is the first time Maine gear ...

Both groups had downgraded Maine lobster in recent months, citing concerns about the impact of certain fishing practices on the endangered North Atlantic right whale. And in mid-November ...

Federal fisheries officials said Wednesday that the rope found on a dead right whale that washed ashore on Martha's Vineyard last month is from Maine. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

Maine’s thousands of licensed lobstermen, they say, do everything required under the law to reduce the risk of snaring right whales. “We have a sustainable resource,” said Steve Train ...

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The Gulf of Maine will again experience colder than normal deep-water temperatures, according to a new forecast and modeling ...

Urquhart pointed to the temporary regulatory reprieve, championed by Maine's congressional delegation, that places a moratorium on new right whale regulations for the industry through 2028.

“We cannot, however, ignore the fact that entanglements in Maine fishing gear are rare – this is the first right whale entanglement with known Maine gear since 2004 and the first ever right ...

With more than $17 million in hand, Maine has a new plan to search for the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale. State officials hope to the use the newly gathered data to advocate for ...

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 week, prompting officials to warn boaters ...

Should we all be cutting back on Maine lobster? Or was the aquarium’s listing “unscientific”? Is it true that right whale deaths have never been attributed to Maine lobster gear? And should ...