NOAA Looks To Deregulate North Atlantic Right Whale Ship Strike Rules, Alarming Ocean Advocates
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has announced it will consider deregulation of existing rules that protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales from deadly ship strikes. In a notice published this week in the Federal Register, NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service stated it was looking to “modify and…
bubmagMarch 5, 2026