You can help save endangered North Atlantic right whales by slowing down to 10 knots or less in waters where they are likely present. Collisions with vessels of all sizes—from recreational boats to large ocean-going […]
Endangered Southern Resident killer whales prey on a diversity of Chinook and other salmon. The stocks come from an enormous geographic range as far north as Alaska and as far south as California’s Central Valley, […]
Bowhead whales generally live in Arctic waters around 54° North latitude, migrating north into the high Arctic in the summer months and to lower latitudes of the Arctic in the winter. For the past […]
It was a rare find: a dead sperm whale washed up on a beach in Alaska’s famed Inside Passage in Southeast Alaska. Sperm whales, which are endangered, usually hang out in deeper, offshore waters. This […]
In January 2019, an international team of scientists working off the tip of southern Chile got their first live look at what might be a new species of killer whale. Called Type D, the […]
NOAA Fisheries researchers examining the diving behavior of endangered Southern Resident killer whales have found that male killer whales hunt more often than female whales do and that, despite their name, killer whales do not […]
Recreational and commercial boaters are often the first to spot and report entangled whales off the West Coast, and The Nature Conservancy and NOAA Fisheries have developed a new online training course to prepare them […]
This past December, researchers received a belated Christmas gift when the first North Atlantic right whale calf of the season was spotted just off the northeast coast of Florida. Right whales are known to migrate […]
Today Boston Whaler, the leading manufacturer of unsinkable family fishing boats and Mercury Marine, the world’s leading manufacturer of recreational marine propulsion engines, are the first to demonstrate the Raymarine DockSense™ assisted docking system on […]
NOAA Fisheries West Coast Region commends Governor Inslee for convening the Task Force on Southern Resident Killer Whales and the Task Force co-chairs, members, and working groups for crafting a broad package of recovery recommendations […]
Why is the endangered western North Atlantic right whale population growing far more slowly than those of southern right whales, a sister species also recovering from near extinction by commercial whaling? NOAA Fisheries researchers and […]
Meet the boat that calls to mind cherished memories and empowers exciting new ones: the brilliant new 350 Realm. As the first in a new family of Boston Whaler express models, the 350 Realm combines […]
Listen to this edition of Blue Fish Radio at this link https://goo.gl/ZEbQVX. Twenty years observing Orcas gives this whale watch boat captain and owner of Island Adventures remarkable insights about Whales on the west coast. Listen […]
Gray whales are now making their great annual migration to Arctic feeding grounds. What they find there may be changing. Gray whales do things differently. Gray whales look different, swim farther, and fight more fiercely […]
Using new information not previously available, NOAA Fisheries is expanding critical habitat for endangered North Atlantic right whales to cover its northeast feeding areas in the Gulf of Maine/Georges Bank region and southeast calving grounds […]
Last year scientists combined infrared cameras with image recognition software to automatically detect and count migrating gray whales. This year, they upgraded. Every year, gray whales migrate from their summer feeding grounds in the Arctic […]
On the previous update (7 January) K33 (and likely the rest of K pod) had arrived in the northern Strait of Georgia. They headed back south later that day and traveled through the San Juan […]
Predation by killer whales has been proposed as a cause of the decline (and lack of recovery) of the western stock of Steller sea lions. The National Marine Mammal Laboratory’s (NMML) Cetacean Assessment and Ecology […]
Last year, for the first time, scientists used an unmanned aerial vehicle, or UAV, to study #killerwhales from above. In an article published this month in the Journal of Unmanned Vehicle Systems, scientists describe how […]
The endangered Southern Resident killer whale is an icon of the Pacific northwest and inspires widespread public interest, curiosity, and awe around the globe. Southern Residents are also among the most contaminated marine mammals in […]
Collective Evolution reported: More people are starting to look at what we’ve done to this planet, especially since the birth of the technological revolution. Our oceans have been suffering for a very long time, with […]
A recently published journal article co-authored by NOAA Fisheries scientists Phil Clapham and Yulia Ivashchenko is providing new insights into the extent of industrial whaling. Clapham and Ivashchenko worked with Robert Rocha, director of Science […]
North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) are among the most endangered marine mammals in U.S. waters, numbering approximately 450 individuals today. Once hunted for the oil and baleen (for corsets and buggy whips, among other […]
NOAA Fisheries will issue a final rule to include Lolita, a captive killer whale at the Miami Seaquarium, in the endangered species listing for Southern Resident Killer Whales that spend much of the year in […]
Think cool when you see this new PWC. Don’t ride it in Pudget Sound though. Innespace Productions, the innovative design and fabrication company that released their shark inspired Seabreacher X last year, has just unveiled […]
The highly anticipated new Boston Whaler 420 Outrage made its world premiere this month at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show. With an array of breakthroughs in design and technology, the 420 is the largest […]
To anyone who has ever seen one, the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) is among the more bizarre-looking animals on our planet. With its wrinkled skin, giant head, and large teeth arrayed in an oddly underslung […]
The season’s first sighting of North Atlantic right whales on the Georgia coast underscores the fact that Georgia and north Florida are the only known calving grounds for these endangered whales. A Florida Fish and […]
From barks to gobbles, the sounds that most animals use to communicate are innate, not learned. However, a few species, including humans, can imitate new sounds and use them in appropriate social contexts. This ability, […]
Based on a request from the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, and with support from the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Team (i.e., fishermen, state and federal resource managers, scientists, and gear specialists), NOAA Fisheries […]
A leading cause of death and serious injury for large whales (i.e., North Atlantic right, humpback fin and minke whales) is entanglement in fishing gear. The whales can get entangled in the vertical lines, which […]
Get ready for the biggest, boldest, most inspired Boston Whaler ever. During the 2014 Cannes International Boat Show, which opened September 9, representatives from Boston Whaler introduced the all-new 420 Outrage, a boat with incredible […]
Cape Code Times First Reported -Whale conservationists are taking their campaign to the boaters.”North Atlantic Right Whales Need Your Help!” aluminum signs will be printed and ready for distribution next week, according to fishery biologist […]
“When assisting a marine animal that may need help, our first step is to observe the situation. If the animal is exhibiting natural behavior, human intervention may not be necessary. We want to minimize needless […]
When nearly 200 people set sail on a whale watch from Bar Harbor, Maine, they never expected to be party to a whale rescue. Yet, that is exactly what happened on a sunny afternoon in […]
Today, NOAA Fisheries released a report highlighting the accomplishments of 10 years of dedicated research and conservation of the endangered Southern Resident killer whale population. With a decade of federal funding and productive partnerships with […]
With summer approaching, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is reminding recreational boaters to give killer whales and other marine mammals a wide berth. State and federal law requires boaters to stay at […]
Every year, scores of whales become entangled in fishing gear off the Atlantic coast of the U.S. This is often fatal for the whales, and it’s a particular threat to critically endangered species like the […]
It was the feature that drew Boston Whaler fans from near and far to the Miami Convention Center: the Dynamic Cabin System on the all-new 345 Conquest, a must-see breakthrough in v-berth functionality that will […]
Dolphin and whale rescue is getting smarter. A new smartphone app from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is helping the public better respond to marine mammal strandings and quickly alert local rescue organizations. […]
NOAA: Yachters and sailors are invited to help scientists track the movements of endangered humpback whales between NOAA’s Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary and its sister sanctuaries across the Caribbean as part of Carib Tails, […]
The Australian Business Insider reporting: An activist group has uncovered what it says is a whale shark factory in China processing up to 600 of the endangered fish each year. WildLifeRisk, a Hong Kong-based conservation […]
The current issue of Live Science includes a fascinating article by staff writer Tia Ghose on a killer whale study that indicates some pods of killer whales or orcas hunt only fish, primarily salmon, while […]
Introducing the inspiring new boat to launch your next chapter: the Boston Whaler 345 Conquest. Rugged, professional-grade design meets purposeful amenities in a layout geared for the way you use onboard space. With the new […]
To strengthen protections for fisheries and promote responsible management of forage fish, National Wildlife Federation supports new bipartisan legislation. These populations—which include herring, shad, anchovies, and sardines—are critical to marine ecosystems, from larger fish to […]
JP Enterprises has debuted their new manual rifle for 2019, the MR-19™, which is now available for purchase. The MR-19™ serves as a collaborative rifle project between JP and other premier manufacturers in the precision […]
Maine state representative Joyce “Jay” McCreight, Maine House District 51, has introduced an act that would establish and promote a system of safe disposal for expired marine flares, potentially solving an age-old disposal issue for […]
Boston Whaler, the leading manufacturer of unsinkable family fishing boats and Mercury Marine, the world’s leading manufacturer of recreational marine propulsion engines, are the first to demonstrate the Raymarine DockSense™ assisted docking system on an […]
YESTERDAY at the launch of the Miami International Boat Show, Mercury Marine, the world leader in marine propulsion, introduced a new suite of technological solutions for controlling five- and six-engine arrays of outboard boat engines. […]
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