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With visitors (and belugas!)… at the Pointe-Noire Interpretation and Observation Centre

19 August 2021 Whether on water or on land, the research activities carried out by the Group for Research and Education on Marine Mammals (GREMM) represent an inexhaustible source of “whale tales”, which are often…

Cap sur les baleines, Episode 4: Olivia Capeillere

2 October 2015 Olivia Capeillere crossed the Atlantic to follow her passion for the titans that inhabit the St. Lawrence. As a naturalist for the GREMM, she succeeds in combining her interests in…

Cetacean Beauty and Acrobatics

17 August 2016 Lots of action off shore in recent days. Of course, there are those rarities that have been observed on several occasions: right whales and a narwhal, but let's not forget…

Seismic Surveys Could Drive Right Whale to Extinction

28 April 2016 In a letter to President Obama on April 14, 2016, twenty-seven scientists present their concerns about the impacts of seismic surveys proposed by the US Department of the Interior on…

North American Right Whale on Semaine verte Now Online

15 February 2016 On February 13, Radio-Canada's Semaine verte presented a chronicle of the fragile North Atlantic right whale, victim of intensive hunting that was practised as early as the 9th century. This whale…

Two North Atlantic Right Whale carcasses in the Gulf of St. Lawrence; One Washes Ashore

11 August 2015 After the right whale found dead off the coast of Percé this past June 24, two more carcasses of the same species have recently been reported: one off of Gaspé…

North Atlantic Right Whale Observed near Île Rouge

10 July 2015 On the afternoon of Friday, July 10, the GREMM team aboard the Bleuvet, while tracking belugas offshore, had a surprising encounter with a North Atlantic right whale near Île Rouge…

ROUND-UP OF 2024 NORTH ATLANTIC RIGHT WHALE NEWS

14 March 2024 After being hunted for centuries, today’s North Atlantic right whales face many challenges, including entanglements with fishing gear, ship strikes and climate change. This combination of threats, most of which…

Minke Whale Calf

7 May 2021 Side by side, two minke whales swim off Pointe Noire near the town of Baie-Sainte-Catherine. One of them is clearly smaller than the other. A mother and her calf? Could…

North Atlantic Right Whale Protection Measures Maintained

18 February 2021 The Government of Canada has just announced what measures will be taken this year to protect North Atlantic right whales that spend their summer in Canadian waters. These include extended…