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North Atlantic Right Whale (video) (Eubalaena glacialis) Video: NOAA		North Atlantic Right Whale (video) (Eubalaena glacialis) Video: NOAA
PSA Video: Slow to 10 Knots Credit: NOAA		PSA Video: Stay 500 Yards Away Credit: NOAA

 

Photos
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Right whale skim feeding with NOAA ship Delaware II in the background.
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Credit: NOAA/NEFSC


NOAA biologists believe there are approximately 450 right whales in the NW Atlantic population. The whales face a number of challenges, including ship strikes and entanglement in fishing gear.
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Credit: NOAA


North Atlantic right whales are among the most endangered species in the world. Historically depleted by commercial whaling, they suffers injury and death from ship strikes and entanglement in fishing gear. (click for large high-resolution image)
Credit: NOAA


NOAA scientists and partners attempt to disentangle endangered right whale.
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Credit: NOAA


NOAA scientists and partners attempt to disentangle endangered right whale.
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Credit: NOAA

North Atlantic right whales (click for large high-resolution image)
(Eubalaena glacialis)
Photo: Georgia Department of Natural Resources (GADNR), Permit 15488

North Atlantic right whales (click for large high-resolution image)
(Eubalaena glacialis)
Photo: EcoHealth Alliance, Permit 932-1905

North Atlantic right whales (click for large high-resolution image)
(Eubalaena glacialis)
Photo: Georgia Department of Natural Resources (GADNR), Permit 15488

North Atlantic right whales (click for large high-resolution image)
(Eubalaena glacialis)
Photo: Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission (FLFWC), Permit 15488

North Atlantic right whales (click for large high-resolution image)
(Eubalaena glacialis)
Photo: Sea to Shore Alliance, Permit 15488

North Atlantic right whales (click for larger image)
(Eubalaena glacialis)
Photo: Sea to Shore Alliance/NOAA, Permit 15488

North Atlantic right whales (click for large high-resolution image)
(Eubalaena glacialis)
Photo: NOAA/NEFSC Peter Duley,
collected under MMPA research permit number 775-1875

North Atlantic right whales (click for large high-resolution image)
(Eubalaena glacialis)
Photo: NOAA

North Atlantic right whales (click for large high-resolution image)
(Eubalaena glacialis)
Photo: NOAA

North Atlantic right whale breaching (click for high-resolution image)
(Eubalaena glacialis)
Photo: NOAA

North Atlantic right whales (click for larger image)
(Eubalaena glacialis)
Photo: NOAA

North Atlantic right whale with V-Shaped Blow (click for high resolution image)
(Eubalaena glacialis)
Photo: NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center

North Atlantic right whales
(Eubalaena glacialis)
Photo: NOAA

North Atlantic right whale with calf (click for larger image)
(Eubalaena glacialis)
Photo: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission/NOAA

North Atlantic right whale
(Eubalaena glacialis)
Photo: Center for Coastal Studies

North Atlantic right whale with calf
(Eubalaena glacialis)
Photo: New England Aquarium

North Atlantic right whale with calf (click for larger image)
(Eubalaena glacialis)
Photo: Georgia Department of Natural Resources