Tag Results for gulf of st lawrence
Right Whales
Scenes from a Right Whale EntanglementFebruary 11, 2022
The right whale team provides a first-hand account of what it's like to respond to an entanglement. ...Read More
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Gulf of St. Lawrence: August In a Nut ShellFebruary 8, 2022
After some rest and a couple crew changes, the right whale team was aboard theJ.D. Martin ready for the second leg of summer research in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. ...Read More
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Identifying Soon-to-be Right Whale MomsDecember 17, 2021
Scientists can test whales for the hormone progesterone to detect pregnancy....Read More
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Busy Days on the WaterOctober 28, 2021
Our return to the Gulf of St. Lawrence continued with a busy few days of data and sample gathering and whale sightings....Read More
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The Return to the Gulf of St. LawrenceOctober 1, 2021
After a year of being unable to participate in field work in Canada due to a global pandemic, the Right Whale Research Team returns to the Gulf of St. Lawrence in search of North Atlantic right whales...Read More
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Bay of Fundy Field Season Gets Underway: 40 Years and Counting!August 7, 2020
With the cancellation of our GSL cruises, our team focused on making plans for our annual Bay of Fundy surveys....Read More
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One Final Day in the GulfOctober 16, 2019
Since this is a rare species in these parts, we were ecstatic to get a good look at it; for many of the team, this was a new species sighting...Read More
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Eavesdropping on LacrosseOctober 7, 2019
We deployed a sonobuoy and ended up recording really interesting repetitive tonal calls followed by a series of gunshot vocalizations....Read More
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Scooping the Poop and Pinching the SkinSeptember 26, 2019
Because biopsy and fecal sampling are real "all hands on deck" situations and the whole team works hard to make the collection happen, the success is shared by everyone onboard...Read More
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The Adventure in the Gulf Continues!September 20, 2019
Of all the right whales we photographed, some whales looked to be in fairly good health, but many others did not...Read More
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August Gulf Survey Has Productive StartSeptember 9, 2019
Our right whale researchers set sail in the Gulf of St. Lawrence in August....Read More
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Nine Busy Days in the Gulf of St. LawrenceAugust 22, 2019
The third and last leg of the July cruise in the Gulf of St. Lawrence turned out to last an impressive nine days straight at sea....Read More
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Two More Right Whale DeathsJuly 31, 2019
In yet another blow to the North Atlantic right whale population, two more right whale carcasses were found in July....Read More
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Right Whales Keep Researchers Busy In The Gulf of St. LawrenceJuly 10, 2019
Updates from the right whale research team studying whales in the Gulf of St. Lawrence....Read More
July 9, 2019
This is the Anderson Cabot Center's fifth consecutive year of looking for right whales in the Gulf of St. Lawrence...Read More
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Fourth Female Right Whale Found DeadJune 28, 2019
Clipper gave birth to her first and only calf in 2016; being a successfully reproductive female, she was likely to have more calves in the future....Read More
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Fifth Dead Right Whale in Gulf Triggers New Speed RestrictionsJune 27, 2019
DFO confirmed that a fifth right whale carcass was discovered...Read More
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Two New Right Whale Carcasses IdentifiedJune 26, 2019
...two additional dead individuals were reported in the region on June 25, 2019, bringing the total known mortalities to four....Read More
Press Release
Right Whale Found Dead in the Gulf of St. Lawrence Identified As PunctuationJune 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
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Dead Right Whale in Canada Identified As WolverineJune 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
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Field Season: Whales, Plankton, and Poop—What More Could We Ask For?August 23, 2018
To study the North Atlantic right whale, and to ensure their survival, we need all hands on deck, all knowledge pooled, and everyone to work together. Check out the latest from the 2018 field season....Read More
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Vessel Survey Begins in the Gulf of St. LawrenceJuly 20, 2018
A team of researchers head into the Gulf of St. Lawrence (GSL) on the first of two two-week vessel surveys for right whales....Read More
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Start of the 2018 Right Whale Field SeasonJune 29, 2018
Our Right Whale Research Team has started its 38th field season in the Bay of Fundy! ...Read More
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Updates from the Gulf of St. LawrenceOctober 13, 2017
As right whales appeared to underutilize historic summer feeding grounds and the death toll in the Gulf of St. Lawrence rose, our research team collaborated to maximize survey efforts in the gulf....Read More
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The Best-Laid PlansAugust 7, 2017
The 2017 field season has not started out quite as we had hoped....Read More
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Mourning the Loss of a ColleagueJuly 13, 2017
The New England Aquarium and Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life pay tribute to Joe Howlett, a beloved and respected Canadian whale rescuer, fisherman, and colleague....Read More
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Right Whales of the Gulf of St. LawrenceSeptember 22, 2016
We did photograph a handful of other right whales east of Percé (QC) and Miscou Island (NB) that also deserve to be mentioned...Read More
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The Importance Of Seeing CalvesSeptember 6, 2016
It's been so great to see all of these calves looking fat and healthy, and a relief to know that we will be able to identify them as they grow older...Read More
Field Work
To Boldly Go Where No Offshore Trip Has Gone BeforeAugust 26, 2016
The Shelagh crew embarked on a three-week exploratory survey, the first large scale effort by the New England Aquarium in the Gulf of St. Lawrence....Read More
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A Trip Out of TownAugust 21, 2016
While the winds continued their relentless attack on us, we figured we'd earned a break from work and left our computers behind for a day to get outdoors (on land, this time)...Read More
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The Waiting GameAugust 13, 2016
We hit the ground running with five surveys in one week....Read More
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A Swell First Cape Breton SurveyAugust 10, 2016
While we didn’t see any right whales we did have a sighting of a pod of pilot whales on our transit home....Read More
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Cape Breton Callisto: out.August 6, 2016
...our entire right whale team was proud of us for working so hard and having surveyed so many miles in such a short amount of time....Read More
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The Long Road to Cape BretonAugust 6, 2016
In previous years we have received confirmed right whales sightings from the various whale watch companies operating out of Cape Breton...Read More
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Offshore Team Heads NorthJuly 18, 2016
After much preparation, the season's first offshore team left the dock aboard the Shelagh on Friday night....Read More
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Exploring New Territory To Find Right WhalesJuly 14, 2016
This year, we are doing things a little differently, because the right whales have been doing things a little differently....Read More