Vessel Strikes

• 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
  
• 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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• Canada reverses speed restrictions meant to protect right whales in Gulf of St. Lawrence

  "Although we are allowing vessels to transit at safe operating speeds in the designated shipping lanes, if even one North Atlantic right whale is spotted, we will immediately implement another slowdown."

  Environment

  Aug 2, 2019
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• 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