ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A second gray whale has been found dead along Alaska's coast.

Marine mammal biologists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Sunday performed a...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A second large whale has died in waters south of Anchorage.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is monitoring a dead gray whale in Turnagain Arm and...

ALPENA, Mich. (AP) — Government researchers are using sonar to map the bottom of portions of Lake Huron.

The Alpena News says the work is underway off Presque Isle County. The National...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Monday that it has picked the University of Rhode Island as the home of a new institute for ocean...

TISBURY, Mass. (AP) — The federal government is creating a new vessel speed restriction zone off Massachusetts to try to protect rare whales.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Latest on a humpback whale stranding near Anchorage, Alaska (all times local):

1:30 p.m.

A young humpback whale that had beached twice in Alaska has been...

MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Michael, which devastated a swath of the Florida Panhandle last fall, has been upgraded to a Category 5 storm, only the fourth to make recorded landfall in the United States...

BOSTON (AP) — Federal fishing regulators say catch quotas and regulations for Atlantic bluefish will be about the same this year as they were in 2018.

KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (AP) — Hawaii's Kona crab fishery is healthy enough to expand the catch brought to market, according to an assessment by a federal marine science agency.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska officials say they are seeking to remove threatened species protection from an Arctic seal species.

KTVA-TV reports the state Department of Fish and Game...

Federal officials say they've signed a 10-year memorandum of understanding about offshore wind energy with fishing industry interests on the East Coast.

HONOLULU (AP) — A number of private boats helped a team of federal responders free a young humpback whale from heavy gauge fishing gear off Hawaii, officials said Thursday.

SEATTLE (AP) — U.S. officials are considering whether new fishing restrictions are necessary to help prevent the extinction of endangered killer whales that frequent Puget Sound.

NANTUCKET, Mass. (AP) — The federal government is expanding a protected zone off of New England to attempt to protect endangered right whales.

WASHINGTON (AP) — An El Nino, which can alter weather worldwide, has formed but it's so weak and late that it shouldn't be a big deal, U.S. forecasters said.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Thursday that the climate feature formed in the central Pacific, but forecasters don't expect it to last more than three or four months.

NANTUCKET, Mass. (AP) — The federal government is again stretching the duration of a protected area off of Massachusetts to try to keep endangered right whales safe.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has been using the protected area to try to keep a large group of North Atlantic right whales south of Nantucket from being harmed. The whales were first seen in the area in January.

WASHINGTON (AP) — While 2018 was the fourth-warmest year on record, British meteorologists are predicting the next five years will be much hotter, maybe even record-breaking.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The federal government is reminding New Englanders that attempting to take a selfie with a seal or a seal pup is a very bad idea.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration acknowledges that seal pups are adorable, but also says "the best thing you can do for them is to keep your distance." It says people and pets should stay at least 150 feet away from seals.

NANTUCKET, Mass. (AP) — The federal government is extending the duration of a protected area off of Massachusetts to try to keep endangered right whales safe.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has identified a large group of North Atlantic right whales south of Nantucket.

GLOUCESTER, Mass. (AP) — The administrator of a federal fisheries office says the government is behind schedule on actions related to oceans management because of the long shutdown.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is charged with regulating fishing and marine issues for the U.S. government. Michael Pentony, the administrator of its Greater Atlantic Region Fisheries Office, says Monday the office is "behind schedule on many, many critically important actions."

NANTUCKET, Mass. (AP) — The federal government says there is a large aggregation of an endangered species of whale south of Nantucket, and mariners should avoid it for the safety of the animals.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the group of 100 North Atlantic right whales was seen in the area in mid-January. It's asking mariners to route around the area or transit through at 10 knots or less. The management area is in effect until Wednesday.

NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — In a story Nov. 27 story about a red tide being suspected in dolphin deaths, The Associated Press erroneously cited the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as saying red tide happens when algae colonies grow out of control due to pollution from farming and other human activities. NOAA says environmental conditions such as light, temperature, nutrients and ocean currents are factors that can lead to the uncontrolled algae growth.

NANTUCKET, Mass. (AP) — The federal government is extending a protective zone off Massachusetts to try to keep a large group of endangered whales safe from collisions with boats.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's applying the voluntary vessel speed restriction zone in an area 21 nautical miles south of Nantucket. A group of 17 right whales was seen in the area on Monday.

HONOLULU (AP) — A team of divers hauled in nearly 165,000 pounds (75,000 kilograms) of abandoned fishing nets and plastic waste during a cleanup expedition at Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, federal officials said.

The 18 divers left Sept. 19 and returned Oct. 29 from a trek to the chain of isles and atolls located 1,200 miles (1,931 kilometers) northwest of the main Hawaiian islands, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which runs the expeditions.

FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) — Summer vacations bring beach trips and a two-month hiatus from school for many teachers, but for Lamar High School math teacher Michelle Greene, summer brought a two-week excursion on a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ship.

From July 15 to Aug. 3, Greene and scientists tracked cetaceans, whales, dolphins and porpoises, in the northern Atlantic Ocean near Rhode Island and Nova Scotia, Canada, through the NOAA Teacher at Sea program.

NANTUCKET, Mass. (AP) — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the third death of a rare North Atlantic right whale this year has been confirmed.

NOAA and conservationists are keeping a close eye on the right whale population because of high mortality and low reproduction in recent years. The agency says a right whale carcass was found floating about 100 miles (161 kilometers) east of Nantucket on Sunday.

DALLAS (AP) — Decades of additional weather data have led federal officials to reconsider rainfall totals in Texas that define 100-year weather events and caution that extreme rainstorms will strike the state more frequently.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge in New Orleans has thrown out the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's rules for fish farms in the Gulf of Mexico, saying the agency lacked authority to make them.

Researchers say an outbreak of distemper is to blame for a rash of seal deaths in Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Friday that the main pathogen found in the seals is phocine distemper virus. The agency said avian flu also was suspected based on early results but new test results do not point to it as a major cause.

In late August, NOAA declared the seal deaths to be an "unusual mortality event."

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — The Massachusetts fishing magnate known as "the Codfather" is already in prison after pleading guilty to criminal charges, but his troubles aren't over.

Federal fishing regulators have issued superseding charging documents in their civil administrative case involving Carlos Rafael, seeking to revoke dozens of his fishing permits and increase civil penalties to more than $3.3 million.

BEAVER, W.Va. (AP) — As hurricanes approach the coast, millions monitor the news and prepare for the worst.

Beaver native Nick Underwood, however, flies ferociously into the eye of the storm, and gathers data on the monster to make people in its path aware of its strength.

Underwood, 26, has worked as an aerospace engineer and hurricane hunter for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Florida since August 2016.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A group of organizations is getting more than $2 million in grants to use engineering to try to reduce bycatch in fisheries.

Bycatch is the term for when fish and other animals are accidentally caught with gear that was seeking a different species. Bycatch poses problems for rare species of dolphins, turtles, sharks and other animals.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The federal government is declaring the deaths of hundreds of seals off the New England coast this summer to be an "unusual mortality event."

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Friday it will investigate the "elevated strandings of harbor and grey seals in the Northeast attributed to disease." It said 462 seals have been found dead off the New England coast in July and August, with most off of Maine and others off of Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — More resources are needed to monitor sea level rise and erosion rates that could threaten coastal Alaska communities, officials said.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Hydrographic Services Review Panel is meeting in Juneau this week to discuss the issue with state and federal agencies, the Juneau Empire reported Tuesday.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A federal panel that helps shape marine navigation in the U.S. Arctic and other Alaska locations is meeting this week in Juneau.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Hydrographic Services Review Panel will convene Tuesday morning for three days, the Juneau Empire reported .

LIHUE, Hawaii (AP) — An Alabama man was fined $1,500 for touching a Hawaiian monk seal as well as harassing a sea turtle on Kauai, and then posting the videos on social media.