NOAA Establishes Voluntary Slow Speed Zone in Mid-Atlantic After Report of Right Whale Death
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Seafood News] by Amanda Buckle - January 26, 2018
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is investigating a report of a dead, entangled North Atlantic right whale off the coast of Virginia and North Carolina. If confirmed to be true, this would be the first right whale death of 2018.
The North Atlantic right whale is an endangered species with approximately 450 remaining in the world. Last year 17 right whales died – seven of those deaths confirmed to be related to entanglement from fishing gear or blunt force trauma associated with ...
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