The 2026 North Atlantic right whale calving season has come to a close in the southeast United States. We are cautiously optimistic for the species, as we saw the highest number of right whale calves born in nearly two decades.
We conduct research and monitoring surveys to better understand the physical, biological, economic, and social components of marine ecosystems found in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean from the Canadian Scotian Shelf to Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.
Scientific parties, the officers and crew of NOAA ships, and charter vessels log more than 300 days-at-sea monitoring and sampling from ships on the U.S. Northeast shelf.
A new collaborative study finds that incorporating copepod aggregation maps into North Atlantic right whale models could improve those models’ predictions, providing a better understanding of where endangered whales gather.
“It’s Accordion!” Marine mammal observer Alison Ogilvie shares the pure joy and excitement she and the aerial survey team had when they spotted a female North Atlantic right whale named Accordion and her first-ever calf off the coast of New York.
This year marks the 15th anniversary of the Atlantic Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species. Scientists take to the sky and sea to collect data used to conserve several marine species in our region.
NOAA Fisheries uses the latest technologies, such as passive acoustic monitoring, to detect endangered North Atlantic right whales in near real-time and support the species’ recovery.
