For the third time, a federal appeals court ruled yesterday the Makah Tribe must comply with more stringent environmental procedures before seeking to hunt gray whales -- a decision likely to mean ...

PORT ANGELES — The Makah Tribe has submitted a permit application to NOAA Fisheries that will allow it to hunt up to 25 eastern North Pacific gray whales over a 10-year period, starting with one ...

The public will weigh in on a request that has drawn much controversy. The Makah Tribe’s request to hunt gray whales was the focus of a Seattle public meeting Monday night. It’s a topic that has drawn ...

In March, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) sought public comment on the Makah Tribe’s request for a permit under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) to hunt gray whales off the ...

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Two Makah tribal members who led a rogue gray whale hunt last September have been convicted of federal misdemeanor charges in Tacoma, Wash. U.S. Magistrate Judge J. Kelley Arnold ...

"Following the removal of the gray whale from the Endangered Species list in 1994, the Makah tribe of northwest Washington State announced that they would revive their whale hunts; their relatives, ...

A juvenile humpback whale was killed by an apparent ship strike in Washington state, NOAA Fisheries public affairs officer Michael Milstein said Friday. RELATED: Trump administration agrees to protect ...

SEATTLE (AP) - Five tribes in Washington, California, Alaska and Maine are getting a total of nearly $1 million in federal money to help imperiled marine mammals and fish. NOAA Fisheries announced the ...