Apr 24, 2023 · For the North Atlantic right whale to recover, NOAA determined that less than one whale per year can be seriously injured or killed. Data shows that North Atlantic right whale …

Jan 10, 2025 · The North Atlantic right whale distribution seems to be shifting, yet questions remain about the permanency of the shift and the location of significant portions of the …

Sep 12, 2022 · The North Pacific right whale (Eubalaena japonica) was driven nearly to extinction by commercial whaling in the 19th century. After beginning to recover in the first half of the 20 …

WHOI also produced a special report: Saving the North Atlantic Right Whale. Download it here; A new book by Michael Moore, veterinarian, and marine scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic …

Jan 17, 2006 · The situation is urgent: Seventy years after whaling was banned, the North Atlantic right whale population has not recovered. Only 300 to 350 remain, and the species is headed …

May 10, 2024 · Saving the North Atlantic right whale from extinction has never been easy, but it now may be getting even more difficult due to the depletion of a key food source in the Gulf of …

It is a sad irony that we have cataloged individual photographs of the remaining North Atlantic right whales and given each of them unique numbers and sometimes names, yet still know too …

Nov 3, 2004 · A critical factor in the North Atlantic right whale’s population decline is human-induced mortality, caused by collisions with ships and by entanglement in fishing gear. Unlike …

May 7, 2019 · An adult female North Atlantic right whale feeds in Cape Cod Bay in early April 2019, accompanied by a young calf. Image obtained non-invasively from an unmanned drone …

Apr 19, 2017 · In fact, right whale deaths attributed to fishing gear have increased substantially since rulemaking efforts began in 1997. Whereas there were two confirmed deaths linked to …