National Marine Fisheries Service designates critical whale habitat areas in Alaska and the West Coast

The National Marine Fisheries Service Wednesday published a final rule designating critical habitat for three populations of humpback whales including some areas in Alaska. The federal ruling affects the eastern Aleutians, Kodiak, Prince Williams Sound, as well as the coastlines of Washington, Oregon, and California. The rule establishes about 116,000 square nautical miles of protected area for the endangered Western North Pacific and Central American populations of humpback whales and the threatened Mexico population. >click to read< 09:14

One Response to National Marine Fisheries Service designates critical whale habitat areas in Alaska and the West Coast

  1. Charles Nickles says:

    Like the whales stay in one area . Kinda oxy moron really . Instead of ruining thousands of livelihoods. Why don’t these people have us fisherman help pay people like an entanglement team so when they do get caught ( if ever ) we can rescue them . 9 damn times out of ten . They don’t get tangle anyways

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