Posted on 10/03/2016 5:10:54 PM PDT by jerod
A new study shows the North Atlantic Right Whale population is having fewer calves at the same time as more whales are dying from fishing gear entanglements.
The chronically endangered species is "not yet a conservation success story," concluded the report, published last month in Frontiers of Marine Science.
Researchers found previous increases in the number of right whales have been offset by declining birth rates and more whales getting lethally tangled in fishing gear.
(Excerpt) Read more at cbc.ca ...
EnviroMENTALists need bad news in order to stay relevant.
I used to work at the NEAq. I’d go with what their right whale researchers say in the previous article, they are good and trustworthy ladies.
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