WASHINGTON— The National Marine Fisheries Service announced critical habitat designations today for five threatened coral species living in the Pacific Ocean. The agency’s final rule protects 92 ...

According to a petition released July 11 in the Federal Register, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) seeks to ...

A federal appeals court on Friday affirmed the National Marine Fisheries Service’s 2024 decision rejecting attempts to strip ...

The National Marine Fisheries Service will delay a final rule designating protections for the endangered Rice's whale in the oil and gas drilling region of the Gulf of Mexico by two years, according ...

The proposal published by NMFS under the Biden administration would’ve established a discard reduction season for the South ...

NMFS now manages commercial salmon catches in the inlet's federal waters, but the state will continue to manage harvests in ...

President Donald Trump’s order to re-open distant, protected Pacific waters to U.S. fishing fleets followed years of dire warnings by the region’s commercial seafood interests.

Alaska bid to scrap endangered species protections for the Arctic ringed seal failed Friday after a federal appeals court ruled the National Marine Fisheries Service reasonably considered new climate ...

Division biologists will measure the fish, determine the sex when possible, and remove the otoliths (ear bones) for age ...

Nine months into the fiscal year, the Nez Perce Tribe is still waiting for money Congress approved months ago for contracts to operate fish hatcheries vital to maintaining Northwest salmon runs — and ...

On Tuesday, July 15 at 7 p.m., the Block Island Maritime Institute (BIMI) welcomes Janet Coit for its weekly Tuesday Talks ...

This publication commemorates the 125th anniversary of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), and serves as an interesting history of the United States' oldest Federal conservation and ...