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New Right Whale Slow Zone Southeast of Nantucket, MA – Effective Through February 8

1/25/2022 - On January 24, 2022, the Center for Coastal Studies aerial survey team sighted right whales Southeast of Nantucket, MA. The right whale SLOW Zone (DMA/visual trigger) is in effect immediately and expires on February 8, 2022. As a reminder, NOAA Fisheries also announced an acoustic SLOW Zone Southeast of Atlantic… SEE MORE

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New Right Whale Slow Zone South of Nantucket, MA – Effective Through 01/28

1/14/2022 - On January 13, 2022, the Center for Coastal Studies aerial survey team sighted the presence of right whales South of Nantucket, MA. The right whale SLOW Zone is in effect immediately and expires on January 28, 2022. As a reminder, NOAA Fisheries announced an acoustic SLOW Zone East of Ocean City,… SEE MORE

First Right Whale of the Season Spotted Off Massachusetts

1/13/2022 - Marine researchers have spotted a species of rare whale in Cape Cod Bay for the first time this season. North Atlantic right whales arrive in the bay every year. The whales number less than 340 and their population has declined in recent years. The Center for Coastal Studies in Provincetown… SEE MORE

New Right Whale Slow Zone Southeast of NYC and Extension of Slow Zone Southeast of Atlantic City, NJ

1/10/2022 - On January 8, 2022, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's acoustic array detected the presence of right whales Southeast of New York City, NY, and redetected the presence of right whales Southeast of Atlantic City, NJ. The right whale Acoustic SLOW Zones are in effect immediately and expire on January 23,… SEE MORE

Extension of Right Whale Slow Zone East of Ocean City, MD – Effective Through 01/15

1/3/2022 - On December 31, 2021, the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's acoustic array redetected the presence of right whales East of Ocean City, MD. The right whale Acoustic SLOW Zone is in effect immediately and expires on January 15, 2022. As a reminder, on… SEE MORE

New Right Whale Slow Zone East of Ocean City, Maryland

12/16/2021 - On December 11, 2021, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's acoustic array detected the presence of right whales east of Ocean City, Maryland. A VOLUNTARY Right Whale Slow Zone is in effect immediately and expires on December 26, 2021. Mariners are requested to avoid or transit at 10 knots or less… SEE MORE

Whales putting on a show in front of volunteers at Race Point Light, off Provincetown, Massachusetts.

Protect Your Boat and Crew this Whale Calving Season

12/2/2021 - If you plan to boat or fish in the Atlantic Ocean this winter, be on the lookout for North Atlantic Right Whales who are calving in state and federal waters off Florida, Georgia and South Carolina from November through April. These endangered mammals are extremely hard to spot and collisions have… SEE MORE

Four Endangered North Pacific Right Whales Spotted in the Gulf of Alaska

9/27/2021 - As the first NOAA large whale survey in the Gulf of Alaska since 2015 wrapped up, scientists had two extraordinary encounters. They saw and were able to collect valuable information on four North Pacific right whales south of Kodiak Island, Alaska. North Pacific right whales are among the most endangered animals in the world… SEE MORE

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Shrinking Giants: North Atlantic Right Whales Getting Tinier

6/4/2021 - By Seth Borenstein. One of the giants of the deep is shrinking before our eyes, a new study says. The younger generation of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales are on average about three feet (one meter) shorter than whales were 20 years ago, drone and aircraft data show in a study… SEE MORE

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High Density of Right Whales in Massachusetts Waters

4/23/2021 - Update from Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries The Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) is closely monitoring the presence of North Atlantic Right Whales in Massachusetts coastal waters. From the period of April 6, 2021 through April 20, 2021 aerial and acoustic surveillance conducted by the NOAA Fisheries and the Provincetown Center… SEE MORE

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