The answer has its roots in Portuguese, Dutch, and English sailors who needed a way to tell how fast they were going in an ...

A proposed stricter speed limit to protect the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale is finding opposition from boaters who say it will cripple the recreational boating and fishing industry ...

Capt. Brian Bacon is owner and operator of Big Game Sportfishing Charters in South Kingstown. A recent ad in The Providence Journal focused on growing concern over whale mortalities along the Atlantic ...

Dr. Ben Renfroe was fishing about 30 miles offshore of his hometown of Pensacola recently, "running and gunning, looking for schools of fish" when a whale he estimated to be about 50 feet long crested ...

Right now, boats over 65 feet in length must slow to 10 knots in certain zones and certain times to avoid fatal strikes of right whales. NOAA wants to extend those restrictions to boats 35 feet in ...

Since COVID-19 hit, the federal government has insisted that we “follow the science” to protect ourselves. Other parts of the federal bureaucracy, however, make life-altering decisions without the ...

Whale sanctuaries have speed limits during whale season. That is what makes them a sanctuary and a relatively safe place for whales to mate and give birth. So why is that not the case here on Maui?

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - A petition was recently struck down by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to establish a mandatory 10-knot speed limit in the Gulf of Mexico, ...

NOAA wants to restrict speeds to 10 knots for 100 miles offshore for boats as small as 35 feet. There are about 350 right whales left, and only 100 females capable of reproducing. Critics say the ...