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Raymond Haselager maakte een korte bespreking van het “The North Atlantic Right Whale” dat recent verscheen. Joan Hamilton-Barry heeft een informatief boekje gescheven over deze iconische soort. >> lees verder …

The endangered North Atlantic right whale population has been steadily declining for nearly the past decade. Today, researchers estimate there are only about 400 whales left. NOAA Fisheries is adding the North Atlantic right whale as a “Species in the Spotlight” in order to bring greater attention and increased resources to save this species in … Meer lezen

olwassen Noordkapers hebben vanwege hun enorme omvang niet veel natuurlijke vijanden. Maar orka’s en haaien hebben het wel op jonge kalfjes voorzien. Om te voorkomen dat de kalfjes prooi worden, proberen moeders hun kroost te verbergen. Maar dat niet alleen. Onderzoekers zijn er namelijk achter gekomen dat communicatie tussen moeder en kind bijna geruisloos verloopt. … Meer lezen

Researchers monitoring North Atlantic right whales were able to spot at least 100 of the endangered animals in the Gulf of St. Lawrence this summer. >> read more …

Whale baleen removed from North Atlantic right whales during necropsies will soon be studied to help sleuth details of their lives and deaths and may be able to help the remaining 400 or so members of this critically endangered species. >> read more …

The federal government is fining two cargo ships for allegedly breaking new speed limits introduced in an attempt to prevent endangered right whales from being struck by boats. >> read more …

Federal fishery officers and Canadian Coast Guard crews have removed 101 lost snow crab traps and more than nine kilometres of associated rope from the Gulf of St. Lawrence as part of ongoing efforts to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales. >> read more …

HALIFAX — A leading expert on North Atlantic right whales says a recent trip in the Gulf of St. Lawrence made multiple sightings of the endangered animals, including four of the seven calves born last winter. >> read more …

It’s been nothing but hard times for the North Atlantic Right Whale ever since being marked the ‘right’ whale to hunt about 500 years ago due to its sluggish habits and positively buoyant physique (ie. they float and are relatively easy to kill). They were nearly wiped out by the late 1700s, and only ~400 of them are estimated … Meer lezen

Canadian scientists are developing a tool to predict the location of North Atlantic right whales in the Gulf of St. Lawrence based on the movement of their prey, tiny zooplankton known as calanus. >> read more …

Due to poor marine weather conditions, DFO’s at-sea surveillance efforts to re-locate the three entangled North Atlantic right whales were not possible on Wednesday. >> read more …

Researchers hope a new technology will give them greater insight into what’s happening with critically endangered North Atlantic right whales. Department of Fisheries and Oceans scientist Andrew Wright has been using drones to study right whales in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. >> read more …

North Atlantic right whales are on the brink of extinction. Fewer than 450 are left. They never recovered from the intensive hunting of the past and their situation is dire. But it’s only too late to save them when we stop trying. >> read more …