Latest NARW Mortality Linked to Maine Lobster Gear; Read Reactions Here
Late last month NOAA Fisheries confirmed a new North Atlantic right whale (NARW) mortality — the first of 2024. A preliminary necropsy conducted earlier this month revealed that “chronic entanglement” played a factor in the death of the whale, which was identified as #5120. But now, upon analysis of the gear, NOAA was able to determine that the rope removed from the whale came from Maine.
“Based upon our analysis of the gear, including the purple markings on the rope recovered from North Atlantic right whale #5120...
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