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20% of world's right whales gathered off New England coast in unusual spot
BOSTON - About 75 North Atlantic right whales, representing about 20% of the critically endangered species' population worldwide, have gathered in an area off the coast of New England. A aerial survey team from the New England Aquarium spotted the whales this week along a 10-mile stretch off the western edge of Jeffreys Ledge.
New England Aquarium team spots more than 75 endangered right whales off coast of Maine
A group of scientists saw over 75 North Atlantic right whales gathered in the Gulf of Maine. Here's what we know.
Biologists say 75 North Atlantic right whales are grouped together off coast of NH
Biologists from the New England Aquarium say 20 percent of all the right whales in the world are together, right now, off the coast of New Hampshire.
More than 75 right whales – 20% of enganged population – spotted off Maine's coast
Dozens of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales were spotted in the Gulf of Maine this week, researchers from the New England Aquarium said Thursday. An aerial survey team from the New England Aquarium’s Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life spotted the whales on Jan.
20% of world's right whale population gathered off New England in unusual sighting
There are at least 75 North Atlantic right whales gathered off New England in an unusual sighting.
More than 75 right whales spotted in southern Maine waters, officials say
The whales were seen “in all directions: at the surface, swimming, and diving,” said Kate Laemmle, associate research technician in the Anderson Cabot Center who was aboard the aerial survey flights.

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NOAA abandons speed limit expansions designed to protect North Atlantic right whales
The proposed changes, which they argued could hurt the fishing and boating industries and other related businesses.
At least 70 right whales have grouped off Jeffreys Ledge
Surveyors at the New England Aquarium spotted at least 50 — and possibly more than 60 — whales grouped in a small area east of Portsmouth, N.H.
No speed limits: Feds drop rule meant to slow boats around right whales
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Feds scrap small boat speed limits, including off NC, to help endangered right whales
The rule would have limited boats as small as 35 feet to 10 knots when North Atlantic right whales were migrating through NC's near-shore waters.
Wall-E and Peter Rabbit: How scientists name Atlantic right whales
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Biden administration withdraws proposal that aimed to save whales off East Coast by slowing ship speeds
Conservation groups are concerned that the endangered right whale is vulnerable to extinction as the Trump administration ...
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- This image provided by NOAA, shows a North Atlantic right whale in the waters off New England, May 25, 2024. (NOAA via AP, ...