Whales
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Humpback Whales Cause California's Commercial Dungeness Crab Closure
This closure is being implemented because of two recent humpback whale entanglements that occurred off San Mateo County and in Monterey Bay involving California commercial Dungeness crab fishing gear.
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Fishing practices to save endangered whales
U.S. commercial fishing practices must change to prevent the extinction of North Atlantic right whales, the administration of President Joe Biden said on Thursday, as it prepares a list of new regulations to prevent whale entanglements in lobster and crab gear.
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Winter is Whale Watching Time
People come from all over the world to learn about the gray whales that travel along the Oregon coast each year. Whales are visible from Oregon's shores all year long although some months are better than others.
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More Than One Group of Killer Whales on Oregon Coast | At high tide in the Columbia River VIDEO
Orcas have been spotted during the evening high tide in the Columbia River as far up river as the Megler Bridge,” Boothe said. “I was able to see them [Monday] around 7:30 p.m. through a scope. They were over by the north jetty on the Washington side.
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Anchovy Likely to Help Salmon, Whales, Pelicans
In the summer of 2016, an unexpected surge of northern anchovy appeared in the Lower Columbia River near Astoria, Oregon, attracting humpback whales, brown pelicans, and other wildlife that depend upon tiny forage fish for their survival. The arrival of anchovies in the ecologically rich Columbia River estuary also drew commercial seine boats, which landed approximately 5,600 metric tons of this crucial forage fish in less than four months.
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Roffs Proposes Reasons for Increases in Whales, Tunas on Jersey/NY Shore
Fisherman, boaters and even beachgoers offshore of New Jersey and Long Island, NY have noticed an increase in whale sightings off their coasts over the past few years, specifically humpback whales.
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