right whales

• Researchers make new findings on sperm whale survival tactics

  A Canadian researcher says new findings into sperm whale escape tactics are providing insight into why the marine mammals are not extinct.

  Science

  Mar 20
• Canadian government modifies North Atlantic right whale protection measures for 2021

  Canada announced it will still close fishing areas when right whales are present but authorities plan to step up surveillance to determine whether the whales remain.

  Environment

  Feb 18
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• Vancouver company leads Canadian effort to monitor endangered right whales from space

  The goal is to help prevent interactions with ships and fishing gear, two of the leading causes of North Atlantic right whale deaths that are threatening the endangered species.

  Environment

  Feb 1
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• Ottawa says N.S. coast clear of right whales and greenlights start to lobster season

  Earlier this week, Fisheries Department officials suspended the lobster season after right whales were detected off the southwest coast of Nova Scotia.

  Canada

  Nov 27, 2020
• Ottawa to close fisheries after endangered right whales detected off N.S. coast

  Ottawa says starting Thursday evening, fisheries operating within certain sections of the Roseway Basin must close until further notice.

  Canada

  Nov 24, 2020
• Most ships in Cabot Strait not complying with whale-protection rules: study

  When a ship travelling above the recommended speed strikes a whale, there is little chance the animal will survive.

  Environment

  Jul 21, 2020
• 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.

  Environment

  Jul 14, 2020
• North Atlantic right whales nearing extinction, international nature body says 

  The International Union for Conservation of Nature is moving the whales from "endangered" to "critically endangered" on its red list of global species facing threats to their survival.

  Environment

  Jul 9, 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
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• DFO closes fishing area after endangered right whales spotted in Gulf

  DFO says a cluster of eight grids in the middle of the Gulf will be closed until November 15.

  Environment

  May 20, 2020