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NW Charter Fishing Fleet Casts Wary Eye Toward Possible Cutbacks To Save Orcas

Fishing

26/4/2019 - By Tom Banse Pacific Northwesterners are undeniably fond of their endangered resident orcas. Many locals are also fans of salmon fishing, a hobby that sustains charter fishing fleets in coastal harbors from Neah Bay, Washington, to Brookings, Oregon. But now there is a chance that future fishing trips on the ocean… SEE MORE

Migrating Blue Whales Rely on Memory More than Environmental Cues to Find Prey

Nature

25/3/2019 - Oregon State University - Blue whales reach their massive size by relying on their exceptional memories to find historically productive feeding sites rather than responding in real time to emerging prey patches, a new study concludes. Researchers examining records of both whale migration and oceanic conditions in the California Current… SEE MORE

Right whale researchers heading out for the day

A Day in the Life of a Right Whale Researcher

Nature

16/3/2019 - By Jason Gray Jason Gray, a member of the New England Aquarium Development Team, took a trip up to Lubec, Maine, to see what it’s like to be an Anderson Cabot Center right whale researcher during field season. The knock on the door comes at 5 a.m. “Good to go!”… SEE MORE

Regulators to Consider Reducing Lobstermen’s Lines to Protect Right Whales

2/3/2019 - Regulators will consider removing up to 40 percent of the lines that link seabed lobster traps to buoys on the surface, taking the step in the hopes of protecting the endangered North Atlantic right whale and avoiding federal restrictions on the lobster fishery. Fishermen who serve on the American Lobster… SEE MORE

Tag: whales

NW Charter Fishing Fleet Casts Wary Eye Toward Possible Cutbacks To Save Orcas

Migrating Blue Whales Rely on Memory More than Environmental Cues to Find Prey

A Day in the Life of a Right Whale Researcher

Regulators to Consider Reducing Lobstermen’s Lines to Protect Right Whales

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