🚨 BREAKING NEWS: 🚨
The rule announced today does not do nearly enough to protect the #endangered North Atlantic #RightWhale from #extinction – That's why we're challenging it in court.
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NEW: This is the first North Atlantic right whale entanglement in Canadian waters since 2019 that we know of. The @NEAQ has identified the whale as EG#4615, a five-year-old male that appears to be badly injured. A satellite tag was attached to the gear to help track @WCAI_NPR
Fishing gear entanglements cause mortality events for North Atlantic right whales & other protected species. #NOASBIR awardee Crab Raft Inc. builds line-free fishing gear to reduce entanglements and improve the ocean for whales. #oceanconservation#OceanMonthNOAA@NOAAFisheries
"A framework... that calls for reducing risks to the endangered North Atlantic right whale in federal fisheries has been criticized both by conservationists and lobstermen, though for different reasons. "
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We must work together-fishermen and conservationists-and innovate to stop #rightwhale entanglements while preserving lobster fishing for small biz owners in Maine. https://t.co/0qNGTxAafv
North Atlantic right whales aren't as well known as some of their other ocean compatriots (both big and small), so we thought we'd bring you another list of #whalefacts! From how long they live, to how they feed, find out more about the #NARW now:
In addition to causing severe harm and even death for some #rightwhales, entanglements in fishing gear are also causing them to shrink. Can we now just implement #ropelessgear to save these majestic mammals? https://t.co/Jf0Dwac0zB
GO SEE THIS MOVIE! Everyone needs to know the plight of North Atlantic #rightwhales so that we can get our gov't to act fast to save them from extinction. Help #savethewhales
https://t.co/m1oaEf5EyO .@davabel
Everyone is now finding out what we already know: whales, especially #rightwhales are amazing creatures. We need to do everything to save them! That means using #ropeless gear in our fisheries & preventing vessel strikes with stricter boating measures. Save the whales!
“If you want to remind yourself how big the world is, how mysterious and surprising, how strange and wonderful, how small you are but in a good way, watch this.” –@NYTimes
Consider #SecretsoftheWhales