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Colin A. Young State House News Service For much of April, the Division of Marine Fisheries has been keeping a close eye on "moderate to high densities" of North Atlantic right whales off the coast of Massachusetts and environmental authorities are reminding mariners to either go slow or find another route around areas where the endangered mammals have been spotted. Aerial and acoustic surveillance conducted earlier this month by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Provincet...

For much of April, the Division of Marine Fisheries has been keeping a close eye on "moderate to high densities" of North Atlantic right whales off the coast of Massachusetts and environmental authorities are reminding mariners to either go slow or find another route around areas where the endangered mammals have been spotted. Aerial and acoustic surveillance conducted earlier this month by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies found a l...

A baby right whale swims with its mother in Cape Cod Bay in 2019. (Amy James/Center for Coastal Studies/NOAA via AP) For much of April, the Division of Marine Fisheries has been keeping a close eye on "moderate to high densities" of North Atlantic right whales off the coast of Massachusetts and environmental authorities are reminding mariners to either go slow or find another route around areas where the endangered mammals have been spotted. Aerial and acoustic surveillance conducted earlier th...

Wicked Local PROVINCETOWN -- Despite diligent research and fervent advocacy the North Atlantic right whale population has declined 25 percent since 2010. This past year saw a glimmer of hope with a bump in births to 14 whales (there were none two years ago) but the critically endangered species is still struggling to exist. And right now a big chunk of that population has arrived in Cape Cod Bay. “This is the beginning of the season,” explained Charles “Stomy” Mayo, director of the Righ...

The Right Whale is endangered both federally and under the Massachusetts Endangered Species Act.