Florida will take over the federal government's role in managing the recreational red snapper fishery in the Atlantic Ocean's federal and state waters — conditionally by next year and permanently by ...

The two whales have been identified as a juvenile male — which authorities think will “likely to die” — and a 13-year-old female NOAA Fisheries Scientists have reported that two endangered whales have ...

One of the US.’s longest standing pieces of environmental legislation is the subject of an effort for cutbacks ...

Common dolphins are among the ocean's most abundant mammals, but they are living shorter lives in the North Atlantic, ...

Conservative leaders feel they now have the political will to remove key pieces of the Marine Mammal Protection Act, enacted in 1972 to protect whales, seals, polar bears and other sea animals. The ...

Fishing for cod and mackerel should be radically curbed to stop the fish disappearing from British waters, according to a new ...

Three North Atlantic right whales previously entangled in lines and buoys are now gear-free, according to the NOAA. Photo by NOAA Fisheries, taken under permit #27066. Three North Atlantic right ...

More than any fish I want to catch, the wild Atlantic salmon sits at the top of my list. The chance that it might not happen because of too few fish is a sad state of affairs. A wild Atlantic salmon ...