The National Marine Fisheries Service announced it is designating critical habitats for five threatened coral species living ...

The National Marine Fisheries Service will delay a final rule designating protections for the endangered Rice's whale in the oil and gas drilling region of the Gulf of Mexico by two years, according ...

WASHINGTON— The National Marine Fisheries Service announced critical habitat designations today for five threatened coral species living in the Pacific Ocean. The agency’s final rule protects 92 ...

Environmental groups first petitioned the federal government to list the ringed seal along with two others under the ...

NMFS now manages commercial salmon catches in the inlet's federal waters, but the state will continue to manage harvests in ...

According to a petition released July 11 in the Federal Register, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) seeks to ...

The proposal published by NMFS under the Biden administration would’ve established a discard reduction season for the South ...

WLOX News caught up with Congressman Mike Ezell (R) and asked about budget cuts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

President Donald Trump’s order to re-open distant, protected Pacific waters to U.S. fishing fleets followed years of dire warnings by the region’s commercial seafood interests.

“Piling lawlessness on top of lawlessness, the National Marine Fisheries Service chose to carry out President Trump’s illegal proclamation by issuing its own illegal directive, with no public ...

Division biologists will measure the fish, determine the sex when possible, and remove the otoliths (ear bones) for age ...

On Tuesday, July 15 at 7 p.m., the Block Island Maritime Institute (BIMI) welcomes Janet Coit for its weekly Tuesday Talks ...