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Plastic Bag Leads to Death of a Young Beaked Whale off Florida's East Coast

Biologists with the Florida Atlantic University Harbor Branch Marine Mammal Stranding Team responded to a dead whale reported Sunday off Ft. Pierce.
June 06, 2019 - Feature Story ,
Southeast
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Potential Impacts of Noise on Endangered Beluga Whales in Cook Inlet

Five-year study produces most complete set of sound recordings to date for Cook Inlet.
June 03, 2019 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
Map of Cook Inlet

NOAA Fisheries Declares Elevated West Coast Gray Whale Strandings an Unusual Mortality Event

NOAA Fisheries is declaring an unusual spike in strandings of gray whales along the West Coast an Unusual Mortality Event, providing additional resources to respond to the strandings and triggering a focused scientific investigation into the cause.
May 30, 2019 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Gray whale stranded on a beach

Saildrone Fleet Set To Track Alaska Red King Crab

Fishing industry and researchers team up to track red king crab seasonal movements to provide data vital to keeping the Bristol Bay fishery sustainable in a changing climate.
May 30, 2019 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
Woman holding crab near lab pools

Aerial Images Document Southern Resident Killer Whale J17’s Continued Decline

Scientists collect high-resolution aerial images of Southern Residents, documenting changes in their body condition.
May 16, 2019 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
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NOAA Reports Second Dead Large Whale in Turnagain Arm

For Safety Reasons, NOAA Cautions Against Public Approaching Whale by Land or Water
May 15, 2019 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
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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.

NOAA Lists Gulf of Mexico Bryde’s Whales as Endangered

Critically low population estimated at less than 100 individuals.
April 09, 2019 - Feature Story ,
Southeast
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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.