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News Articles: right whales

A right whale with scars

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Georgia GOP congressman swims against environmental tide opposing right whale protection proposal

Republican U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter of Pooler joined Senate counterparts in taking a preemptive legislative strike this month to a rule that the marine associations claim will be financially detrimental and further hinder a vessel’s ability to navigate heavily trafficked shipping ports in Savannah and Brunswick.

June 29, 2023
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap

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  • Climate

Greenland's melting ice could be changing our oceans. Just ask the whales

The massive ice sheet on Greenland is shrinking as the climate gets hotter, pouring fresh water into the Atlantic Ocean. That could be setting off a chain reaction that's altering ocean ecosystems.

April 18, 2023
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By:
  • Lauren Sommer
A right whale swims in the ocean, entangled in fishing gear.

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Right whales vs. commercial fishing: no ‘easy solution’ for NOAA, says Raimondo

Once hunted to near-extinction, the greatest threats to the endangered North Atlantic right whale now are accidental encounters with humans.

March 16, 2023
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By:
  • Jacob Fischler
A right whale swims in the ocean, entangled in fishing gear.

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  • Environment

Proposed speed limit to protect right whales upsets boat operators

The rule would apply a calving season speed limit to more boaters than it currently affects.

September 23, 2022
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  • Orlando Montoya
Right Whale calf with its mother

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The season's first North Atlantic right whale calf arrives off coast of Southeast

The first North Atlantic right whale calf of the season was spotted off South Carolina on Monday. It could be a good omen for those who track this critically endangered species. Fewer than 350 of these bus-sized whales remain.

November 18, 2021
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  • Mary Landers
a right whale mother and calf

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It's 'Whale Week' — when endangered right whales return to coastal Georgia waters

Whale Week is underway in Savannah, Ga., from Nov. 15 through Nov. 21, 2021. Each year between November and April, endangered North Atlantic right whales, Georgia's official state marine mammal, migrate to the Southeast's warmer waters to calve. All Things Considered host Rickey Bevington talks to Paulita Bennett-Martin, a co-founder of Whale Week.

November 15, 2021
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  • Rickey Bevington
A loggerhead sea turtle on the beach near the water line

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  • Environment

Judge Blocks Dredging During Sea Turtle Nesting Season

A judge ruled that an Army Corps of Engineers plan to dredge while sea turtles are nesting poses too great a risk to the turtles.

May 21, 2021
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By:
  • Emily Jones
A group of Right Whales off the coast of Jekyll Island in 2018. They give birth near the Georgia coast in the winter.

Judge Reinstates Fishing Ban To Protect Right Whales

A federal judge has reinstated a fishing ban in New England that aims to protect North Atlantic Right Whales.

April 29, 2020
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By:
  • Emily Jones and
  • Edlyn Yankah
This photo taken by an aerial survey team for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission shows an injured right whale calf swimming alongside its mother about 8 miles off the coast of Georgia on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020.

Baby Right Whale Spotted With Deep Wounds Off Georgia Coast

Conservationists say a newborn right whale has been spotted off the coast of Georgia with serious wounds to its head. Barb Zoodsma of the National...

January 09, 2020
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  • Associated Press
A badly injured and emaciated right whale swims off the coast of Jekyll Island in 2018. Injuries from ship strikes and fishing lines cause most right whale deaths.

6 Deaths Bring Right Whales Closer To Extinction

Six endangered North Atlantic right whales have died in June, four of them this week. This brings Georgia's state marine mammal even closer to extinction.

June 28, 2019
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By:
  • Emily Jones
North Atlantic right whale with calf

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  • Animals

Conserving Georgia's Coast, Protecting Endangered Right Whales

The Georgia coast is a central calving spot for North Atlantic right whales; however, last year, no new calves were spotted there, and that caused great...

February 12, 2019
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By:
  • Elena Rivera and
  • Virginia Prescott

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