NOAA Fisheries

The North Atlantic right whale population has shrunk by 30 percent over the last decade, the North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium announced Monday.

NOAA released its annual Fisheries of the United States report on Thursday and once again, New Bedford was the highest-grossing fishing port in the country.

The New England Fishery Management Council on Wednesday approved a 100% target for the at-sea monitoring of sector-based groundfish vessels, but stipulated that the requirement will be contingent upon federal funding, at least for now. The council voted via webinar to approve Amendment 23 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan...

A plan for video cameras on fishing boats could be part of the mix.

The scientists whose work forms the basis of Northeast fisheries regulation have been located in Woods Hole for decades - but a new facility is in the works.

It's the 18th consecutive year that New Bedford has been the No. 1 port, dollar-wise, in the nation.

The present unchecked fishing management system has gone wild. It's carried away to the point where our fishing industry cannot sustain itself based on junk science, questionable assessments and government profiteering. Just recently, Joseph Laplante of the U...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is investing $10 million on fishery research projects around the country.   More than $5 million will be used to fund 21 projects in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic.  Northeast Administrator John Bullard tells WBSM News, there were 120 applications submitted by entities from North Carolina to Maine...