Observers Spot Season’s Eleventh Right Whale Calf

BARNSTABLE - Aerial observers with the Center for Coastal Studies this past week spotted a previously undetected North Atlantic right whale mother and … [Read more...]

Half of Total Right Whales Spotted in Cape Cod Bay as Season Begins

PROVINCETOWN - Whale season is in full swing in the waters off Cape Cod. Scientists with the Center for Coastal Studies have already spotted 162 North … [Read more...]

Court Restores Protections for Endangered Whale Species to Prevent Entanglement in Fishing Gear

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Commercial fishermen who hoped for a loosening of fishing regulations during President Donald Trump’s administration faced a … [Read more...]

PICS: 75 Endangered Whales Spotted North of Cape Cod

All photos Courtesy of New England Aquarium under NMFS Permit #25739.  HYANNIS - Scientists have spotted over 75 North Atlantic right … [Read more...]

NOAA Withdraws Vessel Speed Restriction Plan Proposed to Help Right Whales

HYANNIS - The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has withdrawn its controversial proposal for vessel speed restrictions meant to … [Read more...]

Governor Healey Against Proposed NOAA Vessel Speed Changes

NANTUCKET – Opposition is continuing to proposed changes to the federal government’s North Atlantic right whale vessel speed rule. NOAA is … [Read more...]

Third Right Whale Seen Entangled In One Week, Raising Extinction Concerns

PROVINCETOWN - One week after two North Atlantic right whales were seen entangled in fishing line off the coast of Nantucket, a third whale was … [Read more...]

PICTURES: Experts Tracking Entangled Right Whales South of Nantucket

NANTUCKET - Experts are responding to two North Atlantic right whales sighted entangled in fishing gear southeast of Nantucket. The first was … [Read more...]

Aerial Survey Spots First Right Whales Of 2024-2025 Field Season

PROVINCETOWN/WELLFLEET - The Center for Coastal Studies has announced that an aerial survey conducted on Monday, November 18, 2024, by scientists from … [Read more...]

Newest Estimate Of Right Whale Population Provides Much-Needed Relief For Conservationists

BOSTON - Conservationists and right whale enthusiasts received some much-welcomed good news at the North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium’s annual … [Read more...]



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