Since the start of the year, news concerning protection measures specific to North Atlantic right whales has been like a roller coaster, alternating between hope, success, disappointment and difficulties. This \u201curban whale\u201d, which migrates along the US and Canadian coasts, and of which only 400 individuals remain in the world, poses a genuine conservation challenge in terms of its coexistence with the fishing and shipping industries.<\/p>\n
In the United States, a first North Atlantic Right Whale carcass was found on june 25th.<\/strong> It will be analyzed and it is too early to know cause of death yet. However, preliminary observations show a number of wounds along the head and body of the whale that are consistent with a vessel collision.<\/p>\n What’s up with the right whales? What are the good and less good news?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Since the start of the year, news concerning protection measures specific to North Atlantic right whales has been like a roller coaster, alternating between hope, success, disappointment and difficulties. This \u201curban whale\u201d, which migrates along the US and Canadian coasts, and of which only 400 individuals remain in the world, poses a genuine conservation challenge […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":51595,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[453,454,459,488,520,457,522,456],"class_list":["post-51647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-baleine-franche-en","tag-baleine-noire-en","tag-collision-en","tag-endangered-species","tag-entanglement","tag-north-atlantic-right-whale","tag-reglement-en","tag-right-whale"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n