Southern New England habitat is important to the North Atlantic right whale. With offshore wind energy development planned in the region, working with stakeholders to minimize potential impacts on right whales and other protected species is crucial.
A message from Acting NOAA Fisheries Assistant Administrator Paul Doremus, who recently participated in a meeting with Canadian officials focused on the conservation and management efforts for the endangered North Atlantic right whale.
The Species in the Spotlight initiative is a concerted agency-wide effort to spotlight and save marine species most at-risk of extinction in the near future. This plan focuses on priority actions needed in 2021-2025 for the North Atlantic right whale.
On February 13, 2021, we received a report of a dead North Atlantic right whale off the coast of Florida. We will update this web page as more information becomes available.
Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Regulatory Impact Review, and Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for Amending the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan: Risk Reduction Rule
With an unprecedented number of right whale deaths over the last three years, NOAA and partners ask the public to give this endangered species space as they make their way south.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature changed its Red List Category for North Atlantic right whales from "endangered" to "critically endangered." There are about 400 individuals remaining, and likely fewer than 100 breeding females.
Allison Henry is a fisheries biologist with the large whale team at the NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center. She flies in a plane over the Gulf of Maine collecting critical population data about the North Atlantic right whale.
