North Atlantic Right Whales Found Entangled, Bringing Mortality Event Toll to 150
A pair of endangered North Atlantic right whales were found entangled by a NOAA Fisheries aerial survey roughly 50 miles southeast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, on December 9.
The first whale was identified as juvenile male #5110. NOAA Fisheries scientists preliminarily determined that #5110’s entanglement was a “serious injury” case. Signifying that it will likely die from the injury. #5119 has a thick line that passes once across his head and once across his back. This whale was first spotted as a calf in 2021 and was...
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