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  • Coasts & Oceans

The Elusive Sundog

  • September 8, 2022
  • by CWF
A right whale nicknamed Sundog hit the news in late May 2022, when Fisheries and Oceans Canada declared she was the entangled whale that had been spotted in the Gulf…
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  • Coasts & Oceans

Can New Technologies Mean a New Way Forward?

  • August 30, 2022
  • by CWF
Marine mammals continue to be endangered by entanglement in fishing gear, lethal vessel strikes, chemical pollution, dwindling and changing food sources and disruptive noise from ocean activities. Extinction is only…
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  • Coasts & Oceans
  • Endangered Species & Biodiversity

The Continuing Saga of Snowcone the Right Whale

  • August 3, 2022
  • by Matthew Church
The legend grows. After disappearing from view in early summer 2021 with a severe entanglement that had been only partly released, Snowcone was not seen again by researchers until December…
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  • Coasts & Oceans

Swimming While Dead

  • June 15, 2022
  • by CWF
How can we stop entanglement? Some might say that fisheries have not changed much over the years. Fish harvesters go to sea in their boats, set traps or nets, and…
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  • Coasts & Oceans

Happy Rivers to Oceans Week!

  • June 8, 2022
  • by April Overall
Today is the first day of Rivers to Oceans Week! This Rivers to Oceans Week, we are taking a deep dive into the dangers lurking in the water. And no,…
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  • Coasts & Oceans
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Knowledge Gaps as Big as a Whale

  • August 24, 2021
  • by Matthew Church
We know frustratingly little about these massive creature’s movements. We know even less about where they congregate and why, how they choose their migration routes and what causes these to…
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  • Coasts & Oceans
  • Endangered Species & Biodiversity

The Race to Save Females

  • July 30, 2021
  • by Matthew Church
The warm, shallow waters off northern Florida, Georgia and North and South Carolina is where Right Whale females go. They’ll head south at the end of a year-long pregnancy to…
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  • Coasts & Oceans
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Is There Any Hope for the North Atlantic Right Whale?

  • January 19, 2021
  • by April Overall
I think we can collectively say good riddance to 2020. It was an incredibly rough year for so many people. And it turns out it was a rather rough year…
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  • Coasts & Oceans

North Atlantic Right Whale Sighting! A Bittersweet Encounter

  • November 18, 2020
  • by Farheen Kadwa
The first and only time I ever saw an Endangered North Atlantic Right Whale was in 2016, off the coast of Digby, Nova Scotia. I had booked a trip with…
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  • Coasts & Oceans
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Time-Area Fishery Closures and How They Are Connected to Whale Conservation

  • September 30, 2020
  • by Alex Cole
The entanglement of cetaceans – whales, dolphins and porpoises – in commercial fishing gear is a growing problem worldwide. Entanglement occurs when an animal encounters rope in the water and…
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