Campobello Whale Rescue Team

• 90 North Atlantic right whales sighted in Gulf of St. Lawrence: DFO

  According to DFO, right whales spend a significant amount of time swimming under water, making it difficult to observe them from the air.

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  Jul 10, 2019
  
• Efforts continue to locate three right whales entangled in fishing gear in Gulf of St. Lawrence

  Six right whales have been found dead in the gulf since early June.

  Environment

  Jul 9, 2019
  
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• Crews search Gulf of St. Lawrence for North Atlantic right whales, disentanglement under consideration

  The Campobello Whale Rescue Team will be working from the Acadian Peninsula this week in order to quickly intervene when an entangled North Atlantic Right Whale is found.

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  Jul 8, 2019
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• Entangled North Atlantic right whale spotted in Gulf of St. Lawrence

  The animal, whose identification number is 4440, is the "grandson" of Wart, a whale the organization had adopted.

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  Jun 30, 2019
• Entangled right whale freed from buoy after being spotted on Sunday 

  There were 18 recorded North Atlantic right whale deaths in Canadian and U.S. waters last year.

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  Aug 6, 2018
• Search continues for entangled right whale spotted in the Bay of Fundy

  There are believed to be fewer than 450 of the whales remaining and, of those, there are only about 100 breeding females.

  Environment

  Aug 1, 2018
• Fog suspends search for entangled right whale in Bay of Fundy

  Three rescue boats are on the water and a Department of Fisheries and Oceans aircraft is surveying from the sky but heavy fog is limiting their search areas.

  Canada

  Jul 31, 2018
• New Brunswick whale rescue team frees first entangled whale since team member’s death

  The whale reportedly had lines wrapped around its head and took the rescue team more four hours to disentangle the whale calf. 

  Canada

  Jul 15, 2018
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• Whale entanglement ‘ongoing’ issue despite pause put on rescue groups

  The "green light" for rescue groups to disentangle North Atlantic right whales in the Gulf of St. Lawrence has been put "on pause" since July.

  Environment

  Aug 8, 2017