"Office of Protected Resources"

Celebrate Whale Week 2024 with us! This week, we’re spotlighting large whale species, climate change, and what you can do to conserve whales.

An infographic about the newly described species and one of the most endangered whales in the world

Learn about Rice’s whales—their population status, habitat, threats, and other frequently asked questions.

NOAA Fisheries and partners convened an event celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act, the discovery of the Rice’s whale, and recent advancements in marine mammal research and conservation.

This report provides a summary of large whale entanglements that occurred in U.S. waters in 2022.

There were 67 large whale entanglement cases in 2022—a slight decrease from 2021, and slightly below the historical average.

NOAA Fisheries coordinated with EPA and the registrants for both pesticides to modify the action in order to include additional species protections or “conservation measures.” After reviewing the current status of ESA-listed species, their environmental baseline within the action area, the effects of the proposed action (including the additional “conservation measures”) and cumulative effects, it is the National Marine Fisheries Services’ biological opinion that the Environmental Protection Agency’s action in the registration of the authorized uses, as will be specified by approved product labels, of all pesticide products containing carbaryl and methomyl, is not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of species or to destroy or adversely modify the designated critical habitat of those species.