Pat Keliher has served as commissioner for the Maine Department of Marine Resources for 14 years, the longest anyone has held ...

“I urge fishermen to work together to reduce the amount of gear and endlines in the area in order to protect both the right whales as well as the future of the Maine lobster fishery.” The ...

A marine scientist, a politician and a lobsterman walk onto a dock. Together, in frigid wind chill, they're pulling ...

The Ocean City buoy operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and University of Maryland Center for Environmental ...

Gov. Janet Mills announced Tuesday that Maine Department of Marine Resources Commissioner Patrick Keliher will leave the ...

Seafood Watch downgraded the rating of Maine’s most valuable catch in 2022 to address industry impacts on the endangered North Atlantic right whale. Seafood Watch had originally designated the f ...

The Maine Lobstermen’s Association (MLA) and industry allies recently scored a court victory against the Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation, allowing a lawsuit over the “red” listing of lobster to move ...

An endangered North Atlantic right whale and her calf were spotted splashing in waters off of New York City last week — ...

Using underwater microphones and machine learning (ML), researchers have developed a new method to estimate North Atlantic right whale numbers -- offering a potentially safer and more cost-effective ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Commercial fishermen who hoped ... gear is one of the biggest threats to the North Atlantic right whale, which numbers less than 380 and is in decline.

Lethal entanglement in lobster fishing gear is one of the biggest threats to the North Atlantic right whale, which numbers less than 380 and is in decline. The other major threat is collisions ...