A proposal to eliminate the agency protecting whales, dolphins, and seals alarms scientists and advocates, who warn the move threatens coastal ecosystems and communities nationwide
At least 27 percent of staff who worked at NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center when Trump took office are no longer with the agency. The Woods Hole lab is at the center of the regional fisheries operations
Rob Martin spent decades making the ocean safer for whales and fishermen alike. Now, after losing his NOAA job under Trump’s cuts, he fears the cost of silencing science and sidelining expertise
