Tag: "North Atlantic Right Whale"

Citizen Science, MPAs and Deep-Ocean Mining

Citizen Science, MPAs and Deep-Ocean Mining

Check out today’s highlights including the value of citizen science, new marine protected areas, more plans for mining the deep sea and baleen whale feeding.

Mar 14, 2013 | 0 comments View Post
North Atlantic right whales. Photo credit: NOAA

Successful Disentanglement of North Atlantic Right Whale off Florida’s Coast

A team of state and federal biologists successfully assisted a North Atlantic right whale that was severely entangled in more than 150 feet rope off the coast of Daytona, Florida. “We were very concerned about this whale as the entangling ropes appeared to be life threatening,” said Jamison Smith, Atlantic Large Whale Disentanglement Coordinator for [...]

Jan 06, 2011 | 0 comments View Post
Mother with calf submerged on the left side. Credit: NOAA/Pete Duley.

NOAA Sights Record Number of Right Whales

On April 20 a NOAA marine mammal aerial survey team based at the Northeast Fisheries Science Center’s laboratory in Woods Hole, Mass., sighted nearly 100 endangered North Atlantic right whales feeding in Rhode Island Sound.  This is the largest group ever to be documented in these waters. “It all started with a flukeprint,” said Pete [...]

Apr 25, 2010 | 0 comments View Post
North Atlantic right whale mother and calf

Changes in Shipping Lanes to Reduce Whale Ship Strikes by 74 Percent

Changes implemented in the Great South Channel near Boston are designed to lower the number North Atlantic right whale ship strikes.

Jun 25, 2009 | 0 comments View Post
January 14: first sighting of the entangled Right whale - Photo credit: Wildlife Trust/GA-DNR

First Successful Sedation and Disentanglement of Right Whale

NOAA Fisheries Service and its Atlantic Large Whale Disentanglement Team successfully used sedation to assist a severely entangled whale on March 6, 2009.

Mar 13, 2009 | 0 comments View Post
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Possible Breeding Ground for North Atlantic Right Whales Located

A high number of North Atlantic right whales have been spotted in the Gulf of Maine over the last several weeks.  This observation has led researchers at NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center to believe that they have located a new wintering ground and possibly even a breeding ground for the perilously endangered species.  Right whales [...]

Jan 06, 2009 | 0 comments View Post