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Book of the Dead: Nearly 600 Beluga Carcasses Examined Over Past 40 Years

15 September 2022 Every year, between 15 and 20 beluga carcasses are found and recovered along the shores of the St. Lawrence. Why are they recovered? We have to go back 40 years…

Reporting Carcasses: What’s the point?

20 July 2020 The answer is simple: by reporting a carcass to the Quebec Marine Mammal Emergency Response Network (QMMERN), you are helping to conserve marine mammals and their environment.

Seventh and Eighth Right Whale Carcasses Found

22 July 2019 Two new cases of dead right whales have been confirmed today by Fisheries and Oceans Canada. According to the ministry, a seventh right whale was spotted drifting in the Gulf…

Two New Carcasses and Second Right Whale Necropsy for 2019

26 June 2019 The Government of Canada announced in a press release that it had discovered two new carcasses offshore, near the Acadian Peninsula in New Brunswick and west of the Magdalen Islands…

Two new beluga carcasses found in Bas-Saint-Laurent

11 July 2018 Two beluga carcasses were found just two days apart in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region. The first carcass reported on July 9 by residents of Rivière-du-Loup was a newborn, while the one…

Spring Reveals Two Dolphin Carcasses in Sainte-Flavie

27 March 2017 Two white-sided dolphin carcasses were discovered in Sainte-Flavie on March 21. A resident of this Lower St. Lawrence town and volunteer for Marine Mammal Emergencies discovered it during his daily…

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…

Three Beluga Carcasses Added to Year’s Tally

30 July 2015 Prior to the two incidents reported last July 25, six belugas had been found dead since the beginning of the year, including one female that succumbed to dystocia (calving difficulties).…

2023 Beluga Mortality Assessment: The Trend Continues

25 April 2024 According to data from the Quebec Marine Mammal Emergency Response Network (QMMERN), last year saw the recovery of 17 beluga carcasses. The majority of these animals were females, a worrying…

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…