New Jersey’s Save Long Beach Island Sues NOAA for Failure to Protect Migration Corridor of Critically Endangered North Atlantic Right Whale
The group says only about 380 North Atlantic right whales remain and NOAA missed the 90-day deadline to act on its habitat petition.
- On Thursday, May 7, 2026, Save Long Beach Island filed suit against the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to compel action on a 2025 petition designating the North Atlantic right whale's migration corridor as critical habitat.
- With only about 380 North Atlantic right whales remaining, Save LBI pursued legal action after NOAA failed to respond to the March 31, 2025, petition despite a mandated 90-day deadline for agency response.
- The proposed designation would create a vital "missing link" between protected feeding grounds in New England and calving areas in the south, where no federal habitat protections currently exist between these critical regions.
- Acoustic analyses indicate offshore wind projects require an 80 dB reduction to meet noise thresholds; Save LBI President Bob Stern warned that pile-driving levels of 240 dB create barriers degrading the corridor's viability.
- Though the measure would increase federal oversight of industrial projects, NOAA's past determinations indicate it would not restrict private vessel traffic or fishing, as those are governed through separate regulatory authorities.
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New Jersey’s Save Long Beach Island Sues NOAA for Failure to Protect Migration Corridor of Critically Endangered North Atlantic Right Whale
Lawsuit seeks to compel NOAA to act on a year-old petition to designate the whale's migration path a 'critical habitat' to ensure its survival
Save Long Beach Island (LBI) Sues NOAA for Failure to Protect the M...
Lawsuit seeks to compel NOAA to act on a year-old petition to designate the whale’s migration path a “critical habitat” to ensure its survival. The post Save Long Beach Island (LBI) Sues NOAA for Failure to Protect the Migration Corridor of the Critically Endangered North Atlantic Right Whale appeared first on Watts Up With That?.
New Jersey's Save Long Beach Island Sues NOAA for Failure to Protect Migration Corridor of Critically Endangered North Atlantic Right Whale
LONG BEACH ISLAND, N.J., May 7, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Save Long Beach Island (Save LBI), a nonprofit, non-partisan organization dedicated to protecting our oceans from needless industrialization, along with other concerned parties, filed suit against the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to compel the agency to act on a 2025 petition intended to protect the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale (NARW). - N…
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