Plastic ‘nurdles’ stop sea urchins developing properly
Chemicals that leach out of plastic are shown to cause fatal abnormalities, including a gut developing outside the body.
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Repeatedly snarled in fishing gear, a scarred right whale fights for survival
Right whale numbers have steadily decreased since 2011, when the population was at around 481. Now, there are approximately 350.
B.C. marine rescue team scrambling to locate three distressed humpback whales on B.C. coast
Three cases of entangled humpback whales have been reported within the past four days, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) has confirmed.
Conservation groups want U.S. to pressure Canada to protect right whales
The U.S. government is being urged to pressure Canada to do more to protect the endangered North American right whale population in order to avoid a ban on various Canadian seafood products.
Transport Canada implements speed limits following death of another right whale
Transport Canada has implemented a speed restriction for vessels in the western part of the Gulf of St. Lawrence following yet another death of the endangered North Atlantic right whale on Wednesday, June 26, 2019.
New study offers insight and recommendations to reduce right whale deaths
More than half the 70 North Atlantic right whale deaths recorded over the last 16 years were caused by entanglement in fishing gear or vessel collisions, a new study reports.
Further testing needed to determine cause of whale death in Gulf of St. Lawrence
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans says the death of a right whale in the Gulf of St. Lawrence does not appear to be the result of a recent vessel strike or entanglement in fishing gear.
Ottawa announces four new measures in effort to protect right whales
The federal fisheries minister has announced four immediate measures for the crab fishery in an effort to protect North Atlantic right whales from entanglement with fishing gear.
Officials: Whales, after deadly year, could become extinct
Officials with the U.S government say it's time to consider the possibility that endangered right whales could become extinct unless new steps are taken to protect them.
Feds: Right whales should remain on endangered list
As the North Atlantic right whale nears the end of a year of dangerously high mortality, federal ocean regulators are calling for it to remain listed as endangered.