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Plans for 17 or more offshore wind turbine arrays off the U.S. East Coast mean more imminent peril for the endangered North Atlantic right whale – unless regulators and wind power developers implement sweeping new protection for the animals, according to one expert on the species.

North Atlantic right whales are in trouble. As one of the most critically endangered species on the planet, their numbers are reaching a dangerous tipping point; deaths from fishing gear entanglements and ship strikes continue to outpace births, and the number of reproductive females is declining. Though they are protected under the Endangered Species Act ...

/PRNewswire/ -- North Atlantic right whales are in trouble. As one of the most critically endangered species on the planet, their numbers are reaching a...

/PRNewswire/ -- North Atlantic right whales are in trouble. As one of the most critically endangered species on the planet, their numbers are reaching a...

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Vessel strikes are a major threat to whales, so better monitoring of their locations could help reduce collisions.

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The conflict within the lobster fishing community is the latest front in an ongoing battle over what accommodations fishermen can and should make to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales.

Save Right Whales Coalition seeks a moratorium on all wind projects "until further scientific research can be conducted" on impact on right whales.

Marine biologists disagree with a judge's decision to block a seasonal closure in the Gulf of Maine and say there are ample data to justify the closure.