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  • 2022 West Coast Whale Entanglement Summary

    2022 West Coast Whale Entanglement Summary

    Each year, NOAA Fisheries collects, verifies, documents, and responds to reports of large whale entanglements along the U.S. West Coast from a variety of sources including boaters, fishermen, law enforcement, marine resource agencies, and the public.

  • North Atlantic right whale calving season has begun

    North Atlantic right whale calving season has begun

    North Atlantic right whale calving season has begun! Each year, pregnant females make their way south along the Atlantic coast to Florida-Georgia to give birth and nurse their young during the winter months (Nov 15-Apr 15). Sadly, right whales are at risk.

  • Recent humpback whale entanglement

    Recent humpback whale entanglement

    The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is issuing a statewide fleet advisory for the commercial Dungeness crab fishery

  • Rescuers Cut Fishing Line From Struggling Juvenile Humpback Whale

    Rescuers Cut Fishing Line From Struggling Juvenile Humpback Whale

    An emaciated juvenile humpback whale in the waters off Maui has a better chance at survival Sunday after a crew of rescuers managed to cut away much of the 100 feet of fishing line wrapped about its left pectoral fin and mouth.

  • New Commercial Regs for Dungeness Crab and Whale Entanglement

    New Commercial Regs for Dungeness Crab and Whale Entanglement

    The commercial Dungeness crab season in the central management area, which was scheduled to open Sunday, Nov. 15, will be delayed due to the presence of whales within fishing grounds and the potential for entanglement.

  • One Whale of a Vu!

    One Whale of a Vu!

    “To go beneath the surface and observe these amazing creatures without stressing or harming them is simply incredible,” proclaims Steve Rendell, a whale watching enthusiast from the Commonwealth of Dominica.

  • 4th dead whale found in San Francisco Bay since March

    4th dead whale found in San Francisco Bay since March

    Marine experts say a dead whale was found partially submerged under a bridge in the estuary near Oakland's Jack London Square.

  • Less Than 500 Left | Right Whale Extinction Possible

    Less Than 500 Left | Right Whale Extinction Possible

    The review released in October paints a grim picture for the survival of one of the world's most majestic and endangered species – there are by all reputable accounts fewer than 500 of them left on the planet.

  • Gillnet snags gray whale in SoCal

    Gillnet snags gray whale in SoCal

    Crew helping an entangled whale in Southern California. (MHSRP Permit # 1876-01)  WENDY LEEDS/PACIFIC MARINE MAMMAL CENTER PHOTOGRAPHER

  • California: Ivory Ban Now in Effect

    California: Ivory Ban Now in Effect

    Signed by Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. last October, a new law banning the sale of nearly all ivory in the state of California is effective as of July 1, 2016. The ban, which can be found in California Fish and Game Code, section 2022, encompasses teeth and tusks of elephant, hippopotamus, mammoth, mastodon, walrus, warthog, whale and narwhal.

  • NOAA Killer Whale Patrols to Begin in San Juan Islands

    NOAA Killer Whale Patrols to Begin in San Juan Islands

    NOAA's Office of Law Enforcement (OLE) will soon begin seasonal summer patrols in Haro Strait around Washington's San Juan Islands. Officers will be enforcing special Federal regulations designed to protect endangered Southern Resident killer whales by keeping boat traffic at a safe distance from the whales.