Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries MA Division of Marine Fisheries extends small boat slow zone in Cape Cod Bay through 5/15.

CoastalStudies flights on April 26 documented 52 right whales in Cape Cod Bay, including three mother/calf pairs skim feeding at the surface

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Celebrating 18 years as a grateful Boston Children's family.

Today is our daughter’s transfer anniversary.

She arrived in an ambulance on 4/25/06 and will celebrate today by sharing her college plans with her medical team that has been with us since day 1.

'If we all work together, we can save this species from extinction.' 🐋

Our #AndersonCabotCenter scientists have been studying #NorthAtlanticRightWhales for 40+ years. With ~356 individuals remaining, we are working tirelessly to study and protect these whales.

#MARightWhaleDay

Today is #Massachusetts Right Whale Day!

Critically endangered North Atlantic right whales rely on MA waters for food and passage on their seasonal migrations. But here, as in most of their habitat, they are threatened by boat strikes & fishing gear entanglements.

I sent a letter to Secretary Gina Raimondo, Secretary Pete Buttigieg, and Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas urging them to enforce vessel speed restrictions following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore.

A fractured vertebra from N. Atlantic right whale #1950.

'Preliminary findings included catastrophic injuries with a dislocation of the whale’s spine and fractures to all vertebrae in the lower back.'

This is the kind of force that boats create when they hit a whale.

More awful news for a species on the brink: Yet another endangered right whale has been found dead — this one an adult female that recently gave birth to a calf. It's unlikely the calf will survive either. The whale was found off Va.

More details here: shorturl.at/noFJL

One more case for Sam Waterston: defending endangered whales

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32 N. Atlantic right whale sightings in and immediately around the NE wind energy areas since 3/12:

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

Pretty sure @ticketmaster would screw up free beer.

They sure screwed up selling Billy Strings tickets today.

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Contrary to last week's headlines, the sky is not falling.

I'm no economist but I remember something about supply, demand, etc. being pretty important.

Breaking: Maine 2023 lobster harvest was 5% smaller, 18% more valuable than 2022

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On March 3, we were notified of a dead North Atlantic right whale stranded on Cumberland Island NS in Georgia. It was identified as the injured 2024 calf of right whale #1612 “Juno,' first seen on January 3, 2024, with serious injuries from a vessel strike: bit.ly/3iB1282