“Cap’n” Seth Wakeman Jr.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Wednesday pulled the draft rules, which would have lowered the speed limit for boats across the East Coast, cutting ferry service to the Vineyard.
Gov. Maura Healey is calling on federal regulators to amend a new proposal that could drastically cut ferry service to the Vineyard and Nantucket.
A new report from the North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium this week estimated that the right whale population rose to about 372 whales at the beginning of 2023, up from a previous estimate of 356 whales.
After wrapping up its necropsy, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Wednesday that the female calf found in Edgartown earlier this year died due to chronic entanglement.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Friday enacted a slow zone through July 12 to protect the critically endangered species.
Steamship general manager Robert Davis went to Washington, D.C. to talk to lawmakers about the proposed right whale protective measures as conservation groups call for a hard implementation deadline.
