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NOAA Aerial Whale Survey Team Assists with Disentangling North Atlantic Right Whale in the Gulf of St. Lawrence

On July 9, 2019 while photographing right whales for identification, the NOAA Fisheries aerial whale survey team re-sighted a known entangled whale. They then assisted with relocating it for Canadian rescuers, and helped them a few days later by monitoring from above. As the rescue team worked to free the line, the aerial crew let them know how the entanglement appeared to change as a result of their efforts.
July 12, 2019 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
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Immediate Action Needed to Save North Atlantic Right Whales

With about 400 whales left, we have an urgent conservation crisis. The United States seeks to work with Canada to take immediate action to protect this species.
July 03, 2019 - Leadership Message ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Southeast
International
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Record Number of Leatherback Turtles Tagged in North Carolina

Thirteen leatherback turtles were sampled and tagged off Beaufort, North Carolina, in May by NOAA Fisheries Northeast and Southeast Science Center staffs and colleagues, continuing a project begun in 2017 to assess the turtles abundance, movements, behavior, and health status.
June 18, 2019 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Turtle capture from small zodiac, scientist with net in bowsprit.

Meet Henry Milliken, Research Fisheries Biologist

We continue our series to introduce the people who work at the Northeast Fisheries Science Center. Each month we feature a new "face" from the Center's five laboratories and share with you a bit about who they are, what they do at the Center, and what they enjoy doing in their spare time. Henry Milliken conducts gear research to reduce bycatch, and heads the new Populations, Ecology, and Threats Team at the Woods Hole Laboratory.
June 18, 2019 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Tagging team with tagged turtle on deck.

Ocean Month 2019

Dive into our online campaigns and features during Ocean Month.
June 17, 2019 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Pacific Islands
Southeast
West Coast
National
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Pilots Help Turtles Take Flight

Cold-stunned sea turtles get help from an unlikely place: the general aviation community.
June 10, 2019 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
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Team Reaches Nearly Unanimous Consensus on Right Whale Survival Measures

The Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Team met to develop additional measures to reduce impacts from fishing gear in Providence between April 23-26, 2019.
April 26, 2019 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
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Whale Season Is Here!

Right whales have been seen in high numbers south of Cape Cod, in Cape Cod Bay.
April 23, 2019 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Right whale near surface, the vapors from the blow are on the left of whale.

Marine Mammals of Maine Founder Lynda Doughty Honored at Stranding Network Banquet

Doughty awarded the David St. Aubin Award of Excellence for response to seal Unusual Mortality Event.
April 12, 2019 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
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Lone Bowhead Whale Sighted in Gulf of Maine

Bowhead whales generally live in Arctic waters around 54° North latitude, migrating north into the high Arctic in the summer months and to lower latitudes of the Arctic in the winter. For the past few years a lone bowhead has been sighted in the waters off Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
April 03, 2019 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Bowhead whale facing toward the top left, feeding at the surface.