In March, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) sought public comment on the Makah Tribe’s request for a permit under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) to hunt gray whales off the ...
A federal judge in Juneau has sentenced a Southeast Alaska fisher to six months in federal prison after pleading guilty last year to one count of misreporting a fish catch and one count of violating ...
A U.S.-based research team has documented a rare glimpse of Bigg's killer whales engaging in some unusual behaviour, ...
Researchers identified two ecologically distinct communities of transient killer whales along the West Coast, each with unique hunting behaviors, habitats, and social networks.