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20029
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Document Number
SC/69A/NH/01
Full Title
U.S. Management Efforts to Recover North Atlantic Right Whales: 2022-2023 Updates
Author
Lisi, N.E., Bettridge, S., Borggaard, D., Coogan, C., Daly, J., Fauquier, D., Good, C., Grewal, C., Harrison, J., Long, K.J., Et Al.
Authors Summary
The Scientific Committee continues to express concern over the status of North Atlantic right whales and requested updates on the status of the species and new information from the USA. The paper entitled, "U.S. Management Efforts to Recover North Atlantic Right Whales: 2022-2023 Updates" includes a description of the various activities being undertaken by the U.S. Government to address the two primary threats, entanglement in fishing gear and vessel strikes, and to promote recovery. The paper notes that 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 and includes 98 individuals as of March 2023. In 2022, the paper reports that the U.S. released the "North Atlantic Right Whale Road to Recovery," which describes the holistic approach NOAA Fisheries is taking to halt the current population decline and recover the species. The paper describes recent rulemakings and technological innovations to reduce the two primary threats as well as transboundary collaboration with Canada and minimizing threats related to offshore wind development.
Publisher
IWC
Publication Year
2023
Abstract
NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries) continues to pursue holistic approaches to protect North Atlantic right whales, which are one of the rarest large whale species in the world. 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 and includes 98 individuals as of March 2023. The two greatest threats to North Atlantic right whales are entanglement in fishing gear and vessel strikes. Though much of NOAA Fisheries’ efforts focus on these two threats, we also establish various initiatives to
promote North Atlantic right whales and their recovery, continue transboundary collaboration with Canada, and conduct research to assess the potential impacts offshore wind development may have on North Atlantic right whales.