PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Fishing industry regulators have decided to scrap stricter new lobster fishing standards off New England in the wake of months of protest from lobster fishermen that the rules ...

There are an estimated 356 North Atlantic right whales in existence, according to the latest numbers released Monday from the North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium. (Photo by Moira Brown/New England ...

After three decades of fishing for lobsters in Cape Cod Bay in Massachusetts, Rob Martin knows his boat inside and out. "It's only 40 feet. It was big when I first got it and now it seems small," he ...

PORTLAND, Maine — America’s lobster fishing business dipped in catch while grappling with challenges including a changing ocean environment and new rules designed to protect rare whales. The lobster ...

Maine lobster fishermen received a Christmas gift from Congress at the end of 2022: a six-year delay on new federal regulations designed to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales.

Judge rejects lobster industry stance that evidence doesn't back conservation group claims fishing gear causes whale deaths Environmental groups say decision underscores urgency of reforms (Reuters) - ...

PORTLAND, Maine — America’s lobster fishing industry will face a host of new harvesting restrictions amid a new push from the federal government to try to save a vanishing species of whale. The new ...

Chuck Pinder's boat, the Sea Gem, readies for a sea voyage. Hundreds of years ago, Spanish Wells located in The Bahamas, was known as an oceanic crossroad for ships traveling between the Western ...

One of the main threats to the endangered North Atlantic right whale is lobster-fishing rope. A new ropeless technology could save both the whales and the lobster industry. The North Atlantic right ...