The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is helping investigate the entanglement in crab fishing gear of a young humpback ...

Wildlife officials are looking at how a young humpback stranded alive near Yachats became entangled in crab gear — and what ...

NOAA Fisheries has established a federal task force to address the problem of humpback whales becoming entangled in commercial fishing gear along the west coast.

The move follows a court order requiring the agency to tackle increasing cases of whales caught in fishing lines along the ...

A young humpback whale stranded on the shore near Yachats, which captured the attention of many in Oregon and across the ...

It felt like everyone in Oregon was watching and worrying after a young humpback whale was stranded Saturday on a beach north ...

The Biden administration will spend an additional $147.5 million to modernize NOAA’s scientific programs aimed at fostering “climate-ready fisheries,” the agency announced Wednesday. The Inflation ...

Four rehabilitated Hawaiian monk seals have been returned to the wild, according to NOAA Fisheries. The endangered seals got a second chance at life with some help from NOAA as well as Ke Kai Ola, the ...

This article was originally published by our Portland news affiliate, KGW. YACHATS, Ore. (KGW) -- Officials are asking folks ...

U.S. fishing industries, both commercial and recreational, rely on healthy coastal areas. Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images Healthy coastal ecosystems play crucial roles in the U.S.

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries will work together to address potential impacts of offshore wind energy ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries is asking the recreational fishing community for its input at three webinars to update the 2015 National Saltwater Recreational Fisheries ...