Marine Animal Response Society

• Rare find: Remains of large, shortfin mako shark found in eastern Nova Scotia

  The Halifax-based Marine Animal Response Society says the 3.6-metre shortfin mako was found near Port Dufferin, N.S., about 140 kilometres east of Halifax.

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  Jun 16, 2025
  
• Necropsy on N.S. shark inconclusive, has many people asking: ‘What happened?’

  A white shark that wowed onlookers before becoming stranded on a Nova Scotia beach has been recovered, but not even a necropsy has revealed what caused the animal to die.

  Environment

  Oct 12, 2023
  
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• Community comes together to rescue stranded dolphins in Digby, N.S.

  A local fire department, Fisheries and Oceans officers and community members came together to rescue a pod of dolphins that got stranded on a mudflat in Digby, N.S.

  Canada

  Nov 5, 2022
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• Deaths of two great whites off Maritimes within weeks ‘highly unusual’: researcher

  The discovery of two dead great white sharks washed ashore in Atlantic Canada in less than two weeks remains a mystery to researchers.

  Canada

  Oct 28, 2022
• Dolphins rescued after being stranded in shallow water in N.S.

  Two adult and three young white-sided dolphins were found stranded in shallow waters on McNutt's Island, just south of Nova Scotia.

  Environment

  Aug 17, 2022
• Marine animal group trying to find out what killed humpback whale found in Halifax Harbour

  Members of a marine animal group are attempting to retrieve the carcass of a humpback whale in Halifax Harbour in order to find out why the animal died.

  Environment

  Jul 10, 2022
• 25-metre endangered blue whale washes ashore on beach south of Halifax

  The whale was adrift late Wednesday before the animal washed ashore at Crystal Crescent Beach early Thursday.

  Canada

  Sep 10, 2021
• Marine Animal Response Society details 15 years of cetacean injuries, deaths

  In the 2004-2019 timeframe, 3,136 incidents were reported to local response hotlines in the Atlantic region and Quebec. Nearly half involved 'at-risk species.'

  Environment

  Jul 15, 2021
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• North Atlantic right whale one step away from of extinction: conservation experts

  North Atlantic right whales have been classified as critically endangered by an international conservation group, with the world population just over 400.

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  Jul 14, 2020
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• Vessel strikes blamed for at least four of nine right whale deaths in 2019

  The report by the Marine Animal Response Society and the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative says necropsies were done on five of the nine whales found dead between June and July 2019.

  Environment

  Jun 24, 2020