COOS BAY — The city of Coos Bay filed a lawsuit in federal court Thursday against the National Marine Fisheries Service over its recommendation for more restrictive floodplain regulations to ...

NMFS was required to complete this new biological opinion after a federal court in Maryland found the 2000 biological opinion on Gulf oil and gas activities, effective May 21, 2025, was unlawful.

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is in the process of expanding the critical habitat of North Pacific Right Whales off the coast of Alaska. If finalized, the rare marine species could ...