A 30-40 foot finback whale was found dead on a New York beach early this Wednesday morning. The whale washed up on Atlantic Beach on the south shore of Long Island about 30 miles from Manhattan. A large portion of the whale was said to be injured or decomposed. The whale was first spotted near Long Branch, New [...]
NOAA will host a constituent briefing on it’s announcement that Atlantic Bluefin Tuna do not warrant species protection under the Endangered Species Act this afternoon at 2:00. When more information is available about the effects of the Deepwater Horizon BP oil spill and the new stock assessment from the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna [...]
The National Marine Fisheries Service, the agency charged with the stewardship of the U.S.’s living marine resources, may be sued for failure to implement the 1998 Blue Whale Recovery Plan. Friends of the Earth, Pacific Environment and the Center of Biological Diversity have joined the notice of intent to sue submitted by the Environmental Defense Center last week.
Researchers are using modern technology to learn more about turtle behavior in commercial fishing areas and to develop new ways to avoid catching turtles in fishing gear, namely a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) and satellite-linked data loggers.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed to designate more than 128 million acres (200,541 square miles) of coastal lands and waters along the north coast of Alaska as “critical habitat” for the polar bear, the worlds largest carnivore species found on land and listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act since May 2008.
Of the three distinct populations of spotted seals, that inhabit the North Pacific Ocean, two total more than 200,000 individuals and are not currently in danger of extinction or likely to become endangered in the foreseeable future, but NOAA’s NMFS is proposing to list a third smaller population as threatened.
The Hawaiian Environmental Alliance has successfully petitioned the federal government to expand critical habitat for highly endangered Hawaiian monk seals.
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