1/18/2018
Conservation and animal-rights groups filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government on Thursday for failing to protect the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale from lethal fishing-gear entanglements after an unprecedented spate of deaths in Canadian and U.S. waters last year. "This has really ...
Twelve of the 17 right whales found dead in Canadian and U.S. waters last year were discovered in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, a semi-enclosed fishing and shipping area bordering the Atlantic provinces and Quebec. The total deaths account for nearly 4 per cent of the world's population, of which there ...
Three national organizations went to court Thursday in an effort to force the federal government to provide greater protections for the endangered North Atlantic right whale. The plaintiffs allege that the federal government has failed to manage the fishing industry by not enforcing the Endangered Species ...
Environmental groups sued Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross on Thursday for not protecting endangered North Atlantic right whales from being entangled in lobster traps and drowning off the U.S. coast. “The law is clear: The federal government must act, and act immediately, to save the right whale ...
A 2013 photo recorded four right whales traveling together near St. Augustine, including one who had been entangled earlier in commercial fishing rope. A lawsuit filed Thursday argued the federal government hadn't correctly considered the risk to the endangered whales from gear used in the lobster ...
There are only about 450 North Atlantic right whales left, which makes these 50-foot-long creatures among the rarest large mammals on the planet. The slow-reproducing species has been in decline for years, and – alarmingly — a variety of human-related factors resulted in the deaths of another 20 or ...
WASHINGTON— Conservation and animal-protection groups today sued the National Marine Fisheries Service for failing to prevent critically endangered North Atlantic right whales from becoming ensnared by lobster trap lines and other commercial fishing gear. Scientists have found that entanglement ...
Conservation and animal-protection groups today sued the National Marine Fisheries Service for failing to prevent critically endangered North Atlantic right whales from becoming ensnared by lobster trap lines and other commercial fishing gear. Scientists have found that entanglement is the leading ...