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Critical Habitat for the Southern Resident Killer Whale

NOAA Fisheries proposed revised critical habitat designation for the Southern Resident killer whale under the ESA.

Summer Survey to Study the Trophic Ecology of Gulf of Mexico Bryde’s Whales - Post 2

Join researchers studying the trophic ecology of GoMex Bryde's Whales, which was identified as a new species in 2021 and renamed Rice's whale.
Image: Summer Survey to Study the Trophic Ecology of Gulf of Mexico Bryde’s Whales - Post 2

Depleted Designation for Cook Inlet Population of Beluga Whales

Based upon the available information regarding the status of the Cook Inlet stock of beluga whales, NOAA Fisheries has determined that the Cook Inlet stock of beluga whales is below its optimum sustainable population levels and, therefore, is depleted as
Image: HICEAS Hilite: Close Encounters of the Rare Kind - The Longman’s Beaked Whale aka Indopacetus

Photographing Stranded Beluga Whales for Identification - Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Photo-ID Project Protocol

Photo-ID project to provide information about individual Cook Inlet beluga whales and the population as a whole, including residency/movement patterns, habitat use, reproduction, and survival.

Acoustic Detection of the Critically Endangered North Pacific Right Whale in the Northern Bering Sea

The eastern population of the North Pacific right whale is one of the most endangered baleen whale populations in the world numbering in the tens of individuals due to historical whaling followed by illegal catches in the 1960s.

Gray Whales Born in Big Numbers

NOAA Fisheries scientists keep track of how many gray whale calves are born each winter, and it looks like this was a banner year for calf production.
Image: Gray Whales Born in Big Numbers

Final Recovery Plan for the Blue Whale

We, NOAA Fisheries, announce the adoption and availability of an Endangered Species Act Recovery Plan for the blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus)

Gray Whale Marine Debris Activity

In this activity, participants will examine the stomach contents of a gray whale that stranded on Arroyo Beach in West Seattle on April 14, 2010.
Image: Gray Whale Marine Debris Activity

Give Pregnant Killer Whales Space to Forage

Washington regulations require boaters to stay 300 yards from Southern Resident killer whales, 400 yards in front and behind.
Image: Give Pregnant Killer Whales Space to Forage

Listing of the Southern Right Whale under the Endangered Species Act

In 1970, right whales, Eubalaena spp., were listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Conservation Act, the precursor to the Endangered Species Act. This listing included Southern right whales.

Public Hearing for the Southern Resident Killer Whale and Humpback Whale Critical Habitat Proposed Rules in Newport, OR

NOAA Fisheries will hold hearings related to our proposed rule to designate critical habitat for humpback whales and to revise the critical habitat designation for Southern Resident killer whales. This is one of five hearings. This hearing will be hel

Listing North Atlantic Right Whale Under the ESA

We, NMFS, completed a status review of right whales in the North Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in December 2006 and are listing the currently endangered northern right whale (Eubalaena spp.) as two separate,

Listing North Pacific Right Whale Under the ESA

We, NOAA Fisheries, completed a status review of right whales in the North Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in December 2006 and are listing the currently endangered northern right whale (Eubalaena spp.) as two