Along with the Northern Bering Sea, Biden’s action affected the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The Atlantic was already under a leasing moratorium set to expire in 2032 absent Biden’s action. West Coast ...
The Bering Sea snow crab fishery reopened in mid-October ... Harvesters have until the end of March to catch the Tanner crabs. And the Pacific cod pot fishery in state waters opened up Tuesday ...
The move would bar new oil and gas leases along the Atlantic coast, the eastern Gulf of Mexico, the Pacific coast and portions of the northern Bering Sea, two people familiar with the plans said.
Sea ice floats in the Bering Strait off Cape Prince of Wales. (UAF photo by Gay Sheffield) WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Biden announced Monday that he is banning offshore oil and gas drilling in ...