The Center for Biological Diversity has filed a lawsuit against the federal government seeking Endangered Species Act protections for American horseshoe crabs after the National Marine Fisheries Service declined to list the species earlier this year.
A coalition of seafood companies including several local businesses filed a federal lawsuit challenging new federal seafood import restrictions that they say could devastate crab processing operations on the Eastern Shore and disrupt the nation’s crab supply chain.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has responded to a young North Atlantic right whale found dead and washed up on Virginia’s Eastern Shore.
Offshore wind developer US Wind has filed a cross claim against the Trump Administration in an ongoing legal battle over US Wind’s proposed project off the shores of Delmarva, according to court documents obtained by WBOC.
The Biden Administration has withdrawn a proposed rule that would have required more ships to slow down off the Atlantic coast and expanded slow zones in order to protect the endangered North Atlantic right whale.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has issued its final approval of US Wind’s construction of a wind project off the coast of Delmarva.
