Clear smoking-gun evidence that one of the most critically endangered marine mammals was killed by lobster fishing gear- something lobstermen have been vehemently claiming is impossible.
NOAA confirms North Atlantic Right Whale killed by commercial lobster gear www.southernfriedscience.com/noaa-confirm...
North Atlantic Right whales are on the brink of extinction. There are approximately 360 individuals left, of which only about 70 are reproductively active females. In 2017, an unusual mortality eve…
And in the face of this, they show their true hand: any whale death is acceptable if they can continue to do nothing.
This is so frigging sad.
And researchers have known for years and have been trying to get solutions in place that will protect the whales without sinking the industry: