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U.S. Management Efforts to Recover North Atlantic Right Whales: 2021-2022 Updates
Niki E. Lisi, et al.
IWC
NOAA?s National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries) continues to pursue holistic approaches to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales. The latest preliminary estimate suggests there are fewer than 350 individuals remaining in the population, and the Unusual Mortality Event, declared in 2017, remains ongoing. The two greatest threats to North Atlantic right whales are entanglement in fishing gear and vessel strikes. While much of NOAA Fisheries? efforts focus on these two threats, we have established various initiatives to promote North Atlantic right whales and their recovery, continue transboundary collaboration with Canada, and are conducting research to assess the potential impacts offshore wind development may have on North Atlantic right whales.NOAA?s National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries) continues to pursue holistic approaches to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales. The latest preliminary estimate suggests there are fewer than 350 individuals remaining in the population, and the Unusual Mortality Event, declared in 2017, remains ongoing. The two greatest threats to North Atlantic right whales are entanglement in fishing gear and vessel strikes. While much of NOAA Fisheries? efforts focus on these two threats, we have established various initiatives to promote North Atlantic right whales and their recovery, continue transboundary collaboration with Canada, and are conducting research to assess the potential impacts offshore wind development may have on North Atlantic right whales.