Tag: National Marine Fisheries Service
Local nonprofit Green Oceans suing to overturn wind farm development approvals
LITTLE COMPTON – A local nonprofit organization has filed a federal lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., against multiple U.S. agencies over...
Feds try to improve fishing data with new monitoring rules
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – Changes to U.S. rules about the monitoring of Northeast commercial fishing activities are going into effect this month with a...
Lobster rules to protect whale will wait 2 years, judge says
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – A federal judge has ruled that new lobster fishing restrictions designed to conserve rare whales will be delayed until 2024...
Map aims to reduce fishing, offshore wind conflicts
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – A University of Rhode Island professor has been awarded a $250,000 grant from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center to create a...
Trump said to advance seismic surveys for oil in Atlantic
NEW YORK - The Trump administration is taking a major step toward allowing a first-in-a-generation seismic search for oil and gas under Atlantic waters, despite...
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