Legal Intervention Sought to Protect Endangered North Atlantic Right Whales From Deadly Vessel Strikes

Legal Intervention Sought to Protect Endangered North Atlantic Right Whales From Deadly Vessel Strikes

WASHINGTON, March 21, 2025 — Conservation groups have filed a motion to intervene as defendants on behalf of NOAA Fisheries in a case challenging the agency’s 2008 vessel speed rule protecting North Atlantic right whales from deadly vessel strikes. The case, brought by a vessel captain fined for knowingly violating seasonal speed limits, alleges that the agency […] The post Legal Intervention Sought to Protect Endangered North Atlantic Right Wha…

Plan for Lawsuit Over Rollback of Protections for Critically Endangered Rice’s Whale | Turtle Island Restoration Network

It is starting to feel like another day, another reason to sue in the name of protecting the Endangered Species Act. Turtle Island Restoration Network is proud to be in good company of conservations group that filed an intent to sue today, aimed at the Trump administration and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) for reversing critical safeguards designed to prevent ship strikes in the Gulf of Mexico. With only an estimated 51 individual…