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Topic: Whales

Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission partners disentangle a North Atlantic right whale.

New report: Large whale entanglements in the U.S.

December 12, 2018

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Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission partners disentangle a North Atlantic right whale.

Trained personnel from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources responded to an entangled North Atlantic Right Whale in 2017 Permit 18786-02.

MEDIA ADVISORY: Report on large whale entanglement statistics around the U.S.

December 6, 2018

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Trained personnel from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources responded to an entangled North Atlantic Right Whale in 2017 Permit 18786-02.

Humpback whale and calf.

Humpback whales navigate an ocean of change

September 19, 2018

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Humpback whale and calf.

NOAA and partners mobilize to aid Southern Resident killer whale, J50

August 23, 2018

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Responders cut the line off entangled juvenile humpback whale.

Young whale gets an unlikely second chance at survival

July 12, 2018

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Responders cut the line off entangled juvenile humpback whale.

Humpback whale and calf.

Why do whales make sounds?

June 26, 2018

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Humpback whale and calf.

Minke whale.

Melting Antarctic sea ice threatens minke whales

June 11, 2018

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Minke whale.

Tim Cole looks through the “bubble window” of NOAA’s Twin Otter plane searching for whales along the Atlantic coast.

Surveys in the skies: Searching for endangered North Atlantic right whales

May 30, 2018

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Tim Cole looks through the “bubble window” of NOAA’s Twin Otter plane searching for whales along the Atlantic coast.

Right whale feeding, sighted June 8, 2014, during a research survey. NMFS permit no. 17355.

NOAA and partners track right whale mothers and calves to aid in conservation efforts

May 14, 2018

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Right whale feeding, sighted June 8, 2014, during a research survey. NMFS permit no. 17355.

These two rare North Atlantic right whales were photographed by the NOAA's Northeast Fisheries Center aerial survey team in May 2016.

The faces of North Atlantic right whale conservation

March 28, 2018

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These two rare North Atlantic right whales were photographed by the NOAA's Northeast Fisheries Center aerial survey team in May 2016.

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