A federal judge has awarded an environmental group more than $1.6 million for prevailing in a lawsuit against Endangered ...

On November 21, 2025, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) released four proposed ...

The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) and National Marine Fisheries Service (“NMFS”) issued on November 19th four ...

Leatherback sea turtle at the Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. Virgin Islands (Photo by Claudia Lombard, USFWS) SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — The Center for Biological Diversity and the Turtle Island ...

The United States’ Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) approved the Construction and Operations Plan (COP) for Equinor’s Empire Wind project, marking another milestone in advancing the New York ...

HONOLULU— The federal district court in Honolulu ruled late Friday that commercial fishing cannot legally continue in the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument, which is located south and ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

A group of Native Hawaiians and three environmental organizations are challenging the legality of a move by President Donald Trump to permit commercial fishing within a Pacific marine monument. The ...

In early 2014, a great anomaly descended upon the seas: A patch of warm water that manifested in the Gulf of Alaska. Scientists called it “The Blob.” A strong El Niño prolonged this marine heatwave ...

University of Hawaii fisheries management assistant professor Kanoe Morishige has a doctorate in marine biology from UH-Manoa. She returned to UH this month after working at the National Oceanic and ...

He made the claim at a campaign event for former President Donald J. Trump, whom he endorsed after ending his troubled independent bid for the presidency. By Simon J. Levien John Rippe and Jeff Chen ...