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Dead North Atlantic Right Whale Found Floating South of Long Island, New York

This is the ninth confirmed right whale death of 2019, the first in U.S. waters.
September 16, 2019 - Feature Story ,
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U.S. and Canadian Officials Discuss Next Steps in North Atlantic Right Whale Protection

A message from NOAA Fisheries Assistant Administrator Chris Oliver, who recently met with Canadian officials to coordinate conservation and management efforts for the endangered North Atlantic right whale.
August 12, 2019 - Leadership Message ,
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NOAA Aerial Whale Survey Team Assists with Disentangling North Atlantic Right Whale in the Gulf of St. Lawrence

On July 9, 2019 while photographing right whales for identification, the NOAA Fisheries aerial whale survey team re-sighted a known entangled whale. They then assisted with relocating it for Canadian rescuers, and helped them a few days later by monitoring from above. As the rescue team worked to free the line, the aerial crew let them know how the entanglement appeared to change as a result of their efforts.
July 12, 2019 - Feature Story ,
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Immediate Action Needed to Save North Atlantic Right Whales

With about 400 whales left, we have an urgent conservation crisis. The United States seeks to work with Canada to take immediate action to protect this species.
July 03, 2019 - Leadership Message ,
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Team Reaches Nearly Unanimous Consensus on Right Whale Survival Measures

The Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Team met to develop additional measures to reduce impacts from fishing gear in Providence between April 23-26, 2019.
April 26, 2019 - Feature Story ,
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Whale Season Is Here!

Right whales have been seen in high numbers south of Cape Cod, in Cape Cod Bay.
April 23, 2019 - Feature Story ,
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Help Right Whales and their Calves: Give Them Space

Watch an endangered right whale mom and baby interact with a group of dolphins, and learn how to keep them safe by staying at least 500 yards away.
February 27, 2019 - Feature Story ,
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Voluntary Slow Speed Zone to Protect Right Whales off Nantucket Extended to December 11

Extension of voluntary vessel slow speed zone established to protect a group of 17 right whales spotted south of Nantucket.
November 27, 2018 - Feature Story ,
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Young Right Whale Likely Died from Entanglement

The whale most likely died as a result of being entangled in gear and drowning, according to the information scientists obtained from the necropsy.
September 07, 2018 - Feature Story ,
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Faces of Right Whale Conservation: Tim Cole, Aerial Survey Researcher

North Atlantic right whales are in crisis and will go extinct if the current population decline is not reversed. Learn how NOAA and partners use aerial surveys to get updates on individual whales in this Q&A with Tim Cole, an aerial survey researcher.
May 22, 2018 - Feature Story ,
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