A gray beluga whale calf and three adults swim together in Cook Inlet. The annual Belugas Count! event scheduled for Saturday seeks to enlist citizens to monitor the endangered whales and help in ...

The Kenai Harbor in 2022. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued a final ruling on a disputed commercial salmon fishing area in Cook Inlet. The Cook Inlet Exclusive Economic ...

The dire state of the endangered Cook Inlet beluga population, which is now below 300 animals and has continued to decline, is blamed on a variety of factors. They include industrial noise, urban ...

The federal government put the beluga whales in Alaska's Cook Inlet under the protection of the Endangered Species Act yesterday, concluding that a 10-year recovery program has failed to ensure their ...

Commercial and recreational salmon fishing in the federal waters of Cook Inlet will resume this summer, but under new management by the federal government, according to a rule made final this week.

Map of Study Area (IMAGE) University of Washington Caption Map of Cook Inlet, Alaska, with red pins where underwater recordings used for this study. Stripes show Cook Inlet beluga whale critical ...

The Cook Inlet population of belugas has been harmed by noise and other disruption associated with industrial development, the environmental groups say. One day after a federal judge suspended an ...