Assessing changing baleen whale distributions and reported incidents relative to vessel activity in the Northwest Atlantic (IMAGE)

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Assessing changing baleen whale distributions and reported incidents relative to vessel activity in the Northwest Atlantic

Caption

Major risks to baleen whales. Examples of NA right whales killed by (a) ship strikes (b) Entanglement in fishing gear. Image credits: (a) Marine Animal Response Society, collected under federal SARA permit issued to MARS. (b) NEFSC taken under SARA Permit DFO-MAR-2016-02 (Amendment 1) and NMFS Permit 17355.

Credit

Solway et al., 2025, PLOS One, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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