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Scientists Say Outlook Not Good for Entangled Right Whale “Snow Cone”
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Judge Rules Against Fishermen Bid to Stop Whale Protections
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Right Whales Finding New Habitats as Numbers Continue Decline
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Weak Protection for Vanishing Whale Violates Law, Judge Says
July 11, 2022
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Right Whale Documentary Screening in Provincetown
July 10, 2022
PROVINCETOWN – Last of the Right Whales, a new documentary focusing on critically endangered North Atlantic right whales, will screen at the Waters … [Read more...]
New Restrictions on Ships to Protect Whales Coming Soon
June 13, 2022
PORTLAND, MAINE (AP) — The federal government is close to releasing new rules that the shipping industry might have to comply with to help protect a … [Read more...]
WHOI Will Deploy Buoys to Help Protect Right Whales
March 21, 2022
FALMOUTH – The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has partnered with an international container shipping company to deploy new technology that will … [Read more...]
Research Team Spots Right Whales South of Nantucket
March 13, 2022
NANTUCKET – Scientists from the New England Aquarium surveyed southern New England waters by boat for the first time and spotted over 20 North … [Read more...]
Lawmakers Eye Grants to Fund Innovation to Save Right Whales
February 19, 2022
BOSTON (AP) — Lawmakers from Massachusetts and New Jersey want to set up a new grant program to help develop technology that assists in saving a rare … [Read more...]
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