The NYSDEC said the new laws are intended to safeguard protected shark species from becoming collateral damage.

The state regulations were announced amid a recent increase in predators off Long Island's Atlantic shoreline.

The Biden administration on Thursday restored rules to protect imperiled species ... U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will reinstate a decades-old regulation that mandates blanket protections ...

Among the changes, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will reinstate a decades-old regulation that mandates blanket protections for species newly classified as threatened. That means officials won ...

(AP) — The Biden administration on Thursday restored rules to protect imperiled species ... Fish and Wildlife Service will reinstate a decades-old regulation that mandates blanket protections ...

The rules give federal officials more leeway to protect species ... National Wildlife Federation. “But given all the threats they face, we would have liked to see them restore more protections ...

The Biden administration on Thursday strengthened protections ... species face new and daunting challenges, including climate change, degraded and fragmented habitat, invasive species, and ...

Among the changes announced, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will reinstate a decades-old regulation that mandates blanket protections for species newly classified as threatened. The blanket ...