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North Atlantic Right Whale
Understanding the Incident Report for the 2017 North Atlantic Right Whale Mortality Event in the Gulf of St. Lawrence
During the summer of 2017, we seemed to be discovering dead or entangled North Atlantic Right Whales every week in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Throughout this catastrophe, teams of…
Your Right Whale Questions Answered
With the 11th North Atlantic Right Whale found dead in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, totaling 14 mortalities in the Atlantic since June, there are many questions surrounding the largest…
Saving the North Atlantic Right Whale
There are only about 500 North Atlantic Right Whales left in the world. Based on scarring patterns, it is estimated that more than 100 of these whales get entangled in fishing…
Uniting Technology to Track Whales
The glider in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence has been monitoring Right Whales in that area for nearly three months now, and it has been a fascinating survey. In…
Is Canada Ready to Stand Up for the North Atlantic Right Whale?
Update (July 22, 2017): DFO has now completely closed the crab fishery in Area 12. This will help prevent more entanglements and it is a further, unprecedented action that is…
Investigating the loss of 6 Right Whales
Last month, six North Atlantic Right Whales were found dead in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. For a critically endangered population of just over 500 individuals, these deaths represent approximately…
The dilemma of the North Atlantic Right Whale (and researchers)
“There are more North Atlantic Right Whale researchers than there are Right Whales” is a phrase the Right Whale community uses to relate the plight of the Right Whale, and…
Why are there so many baleen whales in Canada?
There are there are more than 30 species of whales, large and small, that can be found in Canadian waters. Of these, the eight largest are the baleen whales. These…
