Assessment of the status of right whales in the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans

NOAA Fisheries announces a 5-year review of sei whales (Balaenoptera borealis) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA). A 5-year review is based on the best scientific and commercial data available at the time of the review; therefore,

Case Study: Multi-Faceted Response to an Entangled Humpback Whale in Southeast Alaska August 23 to September 5, 2013. Alaska Marine Science Symposium poster.

Learn more about the North Pacific right whale, one of the most critically endangered large whales in the world.

Scientists are on a month-long survey at sea to look for Hawai‘i pelagic false killer whales far outside of their known range. What will they find?

The U.S. Whale Entanglement Response course helps fishermen, tour boat operators, and whale researchers better assist trained responders disentangle large whales.

Map and GIS data representing the Rice's whale core distribution area as of June 2019.

This report provides a summary of large whale entanglements that occurred in U.S. waters in 2019.

Each year, NOAA Fisheries’ West Coast Region collects, verifies, documents, and responds to reports of large whale entanglements along the U.S. West Coast

First time NOAA Fisheries has had a report of a dead sperm whale in Alaska's Inside Passage

A Pacific Fishery Management Council and NOAA Fisheries  joint workgroup assessing the impacts of Council-area fisheries on Southern Resident Killer Whales

Climate change is impacting ocean ecosystems and resulting in many challenges for a variety of marine species, including whales.

Each year, NOAA Fisheries' West Coast Region collects, verifies, documents, and responds to reports of large whale entanglements along the U.S. West Coast.

This report provides a summary of large whale entanglements that occurred in U.S. waters in 2021.

Known right whales travel together along Georgia coast