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Seismic Surveys Are the Wrong Move for the Right Whale
May 18, 2019
For right whales to rebound, we need to remove stressors from the environment, not add more.
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Right Whales
Right Whale Team Learns the Ropes… About Ropes.
June 25, 2019
Just like that, our hypothetical telemetry buoy was attached to our hypothetical entangled whale! We knew we'd need a lot of practice to make it look that simple....Read More
Press Release
Right Whale Found Dead in the Gulf of St. Lawrence Identified As Punctuation
June 25, 2019
Punctuation, a North Atlantic right whale who has mothered eight calves, was found dead in the Gulf of St. Lawrence on June 20, 2019. ...Read More
MCAF
MCAF: Its Not Easy Being a Turtle
June 20, 2019
Navi receiving treatment for her injured flipper. Photo: TREE Foundation...Read More
MCAF
MCAF: Fishermen Monitoring Network in Haiti Leads to New Discoveries and Opportunities
June 17, 2019
Fishermen Monitoring Network in Haiti Leads to New Discoveries and Opportunities....Read More
MCAF
MCAF: Sawfishes of the Sundarbans
June 11, 2019
Priyankar Chakraborty speaks about his MCAF-supported project to identify remaining populations of endangered sawfish in the Indian Sundarbans....Read More
Press Release
Dead Right Whale in Canada Identified As Wolverine
June 5, 2019
Researchers at the New England Aquarium have identified the dead right whale found in Canada’s Gulf of St. Lawrence as a 9-year-old male named Wolverine....Read More
Field Work
FSET Team Partners with Mass Marine Fisheries on Best Practices
May 14, 2019
Our FSET team and partners have teamed up to develop guidelines that keeps anglers fishing while keeping Gulf of Maine fish stocks healthy and sustainable....Read More
MCAF
MCAF: Thresher Shark Tales
May 7, 2019
MCAF Fellow Anna Oposa, Chief Mermaid and Executive Director of Save Philippine Seas, tells of her efforts to strengthen support for and the impact of a shark shelter in the Philippines. ...Read More
Marine Mammals
Bowhead Whale’s Baleen Shines Spotlight on Stress from Entanglement
March 27, 2019
Much like the rings on a tree can show a history of drought in forests, scientists can see periods of chronic stress by examining a whale’s baleen. ...Read More
Conferences and Collaborations
Scientists, Regulators, Industry Talk Right Whales at Seafood Expo
March 25, 2019
For the first time, U.S. and Canadian fishermen, regulators, policymakers, NGOs, and scientists came together to include the seafood industry in discussions around solutions to save the right whales....Read More
Right Whales
Dr. Kraus Testifies at Right Whale Hearing
March 15, 2019
On March 7, a House of Representatives Subcommittee convened a hearing to examine the threats facing the endangered North Atlantic right whales. Dr. Scott Kraus testified as an expert witness....Read More
MCAF
MCAF Update: Exciting Encounters with Blue Whales in Sri Lanka
March 11, 2019
Field season brings exciting encounters with blue whales in Sri Lanka for MCAF Fellow Dr. Asha de Vos. ...Read More
Field Work
Help Wanted: Atlantic Ocean Tropical Tuna Tagging Program
February 26, 2019
Anderson Cabot Center scientist Dr. Jeff Kneebone is working with partners to deploy 5,000 conventional tags on bigeye, skipjack, and yellowfin tuna in the western Atlantic—and they need help!...Read More
MCAF
MCAF Update: Studying Zebra Sharks in Mozambique
February 15, 2019
Through research dives and a successful citizen science program, an MCAF-supported project focused on studying zebra sharks has identified 89 zebra sharks in Mozambique!...Read More