In 2019, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration declared an “unusual mortality event” for the eastern North Pacific gray whales. That's a formal process that allows officials to ...

Whale Watching Week means better views and nicer weather to see gray whales. However, gray whale calf numbers are at historic ...

The gray whales are on their annual migration path between breeding grounds in Mexico and feeding grounds off the coast of ...

The Makah Tribe has formally requested permission to resume its traditional whale hunt this July. A permit application is out ...

Eastern North Pacific gray whales migrate to the northern portion of the U.S. West Coast between mid-February and May, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

gray whales are "only regularly found" in the North Pacific Ocean. They are split into two populations in the Eastern Pacific Ocean and the Western Pacific Ocean. The scientists attributed the new ...

The tribe applied for the permit under regulations NOAA Fisheries issued on June 13, 2024, granting the tribe’s request for a limited waiver under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) to hunt the ...

In March, the National Marine Fisheries Service publicly announced that the unusual mortality event (UME) it declared in 2019 involving eastern North Pacific gray whales is over. In consultation with ...

The federal regulator is seeking public comment on the Makah Tribe’s permit application for a limited hunt for eastern North Pacific gray whales for ceremonial and subsistence purposes.