North Atlantic right whales are in crisis and will go extinct if the current population decline is not reversed. Learn how NOAA Fisheries scientists are tracking right whales using acoustic monitoring in this Q&A.
The latest preliminary estimate suggests there are 360 North Atlantic right whales remaining. Now is the time to get informed. Check out our web story series below to learn what NOAA’s team is doing to solve this urgent conservation challenge.
Entanglement in fishing gear is a leading cause of North Atlantic right whales' declining population. Learn how NOAA Fisheries and partners attempt to disentangle North Atlantic right whales in this Q&A.
Small group of pelagic longline fishing vessel owners will take a six-month voluntary repose, can continue to fish with alternative gear, improving populations and supporting supply chains.
During #CoralsWeek at NOAA, we’re highlighting work that the Offices of Habitat Conservation and Response and Restoration performed, guiding the U.S. Coast Guard in removing vessels from coral reefs with threatened species in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
NOAA Fisheries adjusts the northern albacore annual baseline quota for 2017 with available underharvest of the 2016 adjusted U.S. northern albacore quota, adjusts the North and South Atlantic swordfish baseline quotas for 2017 based on available underharv
