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
January 16, 2025
HYANNIS - The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has withdrawn its controversial proposal for vessel speed restrictions meant to … [Read more...]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
January 13, 2025
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
December 26, 2024
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
December 18, 2024
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
November 20, 2024
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
October 25, 2024
BOSTON - Conservationists and right whale enthusiasts received some much-welcomed good news at the North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium’s annual … [Read more...]
Entanglement Determined As Cause Of Death For Right Whale Found Near Vineyard
October 7, 2024
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Federal authorities say a rare whale found dead off Massachusetts earlier this year died as a result of entanglement in Maine … [Read more...]
Large Numbers Of North Atlantic Right Whales Spotted In Unusual Feeding Ground
September 30, 2024
BOSTON - Scientists with the New England Aquarium recently spotted over 82 North Atlantic right whales, or over a quarter of the species’ remaining … [Read more...]
Endangered Whales Remain In Regional Waters Beyond Expiry Of Current Seasonal Protections
June 7, 2024
OAK BLUFFS - A recent aerial survey by researchers with the New England Aquarium spotted a pair of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales … [Read more...]
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