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Face-ing Extinction: TheNorth Atlantic Right Whale
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North Atlantic Right Whales:Eubalaena glacialis
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Just Like Us
Right Whale Blueprint, Lle !ennett, "#$% N!W& 'en(all )ollection
&aals: !reathe air +ie irth to lie
oung Feales .ro(uce
ilk /ae hair 0iilar skeletal set-
u., inclu(ing 1ngerones an(erterae
-chaere( heart
&o(i1e( i((le ear
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En(angere(, 34%% reain
Li5e s.an less than6% ears
Feales are.regnant 5or "2onths
&others gie irthto a singleo7s.ring eer 8to 4 ears9
!egin re.ro(ucing
aroun( age "%9 0E Unite( 0tates is
the onl knoncaling area
)ales are orn
;eceer-&archan( nurse 5or
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0ki Fee(ing
!aleen .lates can e u. to # 5eet long
0ki 5ee( along the sur5ace
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/unting Right Whales ?ikings an( !as@ues 5ro coastal 0.ainB ere the 1rst to hunt right hales,
along the shore9 !as@ues later saile( a5ter their .re9
;utch, French an( !ritish halers hunte( the in the "4th, "6than( "Cthcenturies9
)oercial hunt 5or the North Atlantic right hale NARWB e7ectiel en(e(aroun( "C4%9 ?er 5e log ooks in the Ne !e(5or( Whaling &useuN!W&B collection ention NARWs9
E7orts ere then .ut into hunting 0outhern an(
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/istorical Uses o5 Whale
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Whale
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That Was Then, This s No
*The 1gures .resente( in this .anel are estiates ase( on the est scienti1c (ata aailale at the tie o5.ulication9 t is not .ossile to account 5or eer hale hunte(, nor is it .ossile to count eer liing hale9
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/aitat nasion
Noise .ollution threatens the surial o5 thes.ecies9
The soun(s o5 a shi. can ute hale calls 5oriles9
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/aitat ;egra(ation)heical .ollution an( o7shore (eelo.ent a e
haGar(s9
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/aitat
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Entangleents
Aout 8= o5 the .o.ulation ears scars 5roentangleent in 1shing gear
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)re(it: Flori(aFish an(Wil(li5e)onseration)oission
0oe hales can e seen trailing 1shing gear 5or (as,
eeks, onths, or een ears9
Long Ter .act
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0inking +roun( Line
Line eteen loster .ots sinks instea( o5 Hoating, akingit sa5er 5or the hales9
!e5ore: A5ter:
*ages courtes o5 0cott Lan(r,
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/unting
Last con1re( hunting
in the U0 o5 a NorthAtlantic right hale asthe cal5 o5 Eg1045 in"#849
Last sighting o5 Eg1045as in "##4 east o5)a.e )o(, criticalloun(e( a shi.strike9 0he as .roalat least C% ears ol(9
)an this acci(entalreoal o5 hales 5ro
the .o.ulation,
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0hi. 0trike
The right hale skeletons in the Ne !e(5or(Whaling &useu are 5ro a "4-ear ol( 5ealenae( Rena an( her 5etus that ere acci(entallkille( a shi.s .ro.eller in Noeer 2%%, inthe outh o5 )hesa.eake !a9
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&o(ern Threats - Uran Li5e
NARW is calle( the
Uran WhaleKecause its igrationeteen caling an(5ee(ing groun(s, an(its other actiities,take .lace ithin 4%iles o5 the coast
Whales si throughhigh (ensities o51shing an( shi..ingactiit
)olore( lines on thegra.h in(icateshi..ing trac
!a o5 Fun(, 0cotian0hel5, )a.e )o( !a,+reat 0outh )hannel:North Atlantic 5ee(inggroun(s
Flori(a an( +eorgiacoasts: onl knon
caling groun(s
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0hi..ing
0hi. strikes arethe lea(ing causeo5 inDur an(
ortalit to thes.ecies9 Re( lines
re.resent a ushigha o5 shi.trac in an( outo5 the Northeast
age (e.ictstrac oer a "onth .erio(
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Who /as the Right o5 WaI
Along acro(e(coastline, hohas the right o5a- shi.s or
halesI t takes a 5ull
loa(e(su.ertanker "
in an( 32 ito crash sto.Mrealistic sto.oul( take atleast 2% in
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/o to 0ole the ceanogra.hic nstitution, the cost o5 the shi. strike rule oul( e@uate to
onl P"=cruise shi. .assenger9 Q
The 0hi. 0trike Rule as a(e .eranent in ;eceer o5 2%"89
"9Lagueux '&, ani &A, 'nolton AR, 'raus 0; 2%""B Res.onse essel o.erators to .rotection easures 5or right
hales Eubalaena glacialisin the southeast U0 caling groun(9 En(ang 0.ecies Res ":6#-CC29 'ite-
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!ene1ts o5 Re(ucing 0.ee(
0henGhen, )hina is thesource o5 an electronicse hae in the U909
5 a container shi. traele(
at "% knots hile shi..inga .ro(uct 5ro 0henGhento !oston, it oul( a(( 8eeks to the trael tie
Woul( use less 5uel an(create less noise
Re(uce the chance o5striking a hale
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20 days,12 hours
23knots
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10 knots
47 days,4 hours
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What )an ou ;oI
'ee. trash o7 the streets an( out o5 the ocean9
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!u Whale Frien(l
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A(o.t A Right Whale
The Ne Englan(A@uariu su..orts aright hale a(o.tion.rogra
)hoose 5ro 6(i7erent hales an( (i7erents.onsorshi. leels
n5oration can e
5oun( at9nea@9org
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Face the Facts
NARWs are en(angere(, ith onl 34%% in(ii(ualsreaining9
/uan actiit oth on lan( an( on the ater arethreats to ocean li5e9
ou )AN get inole( an( ake a (i7erence9
0loer shi..ing s.ee(s oul( hel. .reentcollisions ith right hales9
&itigations are constantl eing teste( to(eterine the ost ecient as to .rotect
NARWs9 Write or call our legislators encouraging the to
su..ort easures .rotecting the North Atlanticright hale9
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