Tag: NOAA

Pandemic Rules Make Saving Right Whales Tougher, Researchers Say

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May 26, 2020 By James Munson Bloomberg Law
A multiyear, cross-border collaboration to stop the decline of North Atlantic right whales faces challenges this summer because of rules enacted to stop the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. Strained resources have forced Canada’s federal government to cut back some monitoring flights over the Gulf of St. Lawrence, while bans on large gatherings and closed international and provincial borders will interrupt valuable research into what’s killing the species and hinder whale rescue missions, say conservationists.

A Whale’s Death Shows Us the Way Marine Giants Live

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May 2, 2020 By Kaitlyn Kraybill-Voth Bay Nature
Gray whales are experiencing what scientists have labeled an “unusual mortality event” on the West Coast of North and Central America, while humpback whales are experiencing an unusual mortality event on the East Coast. Scientists want to understand the lives and deaths of these whales to eventually piece together what’s happening to our oceans.